Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman (1969)
A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling ronin. As she develops into a master swordsman, her profession becomes that of a bounty hunter. Many test her sword and many die by her skills. She travels throughout the countryside to seek her mother and her revenge.
Director:
Sadatsugu Matsuda
Writers:
Hajime Takaiwa, Ichirō Miyagawa, Ikuro Suzuki.
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Yōko Matsuyama as Oichi |
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Chizuko Arai as Omon |
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Jun Tatara as Nihei |
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Shinichi Yanagisawa as Hanji |
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Akitake Kōno as Yasuke |
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Misako Tominaga as Ohama |
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Bin Amatsu as Denzō |
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Kozo Yamamura as |
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Keiko Koyanagi as Osato |
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Takaya Uesugi as |
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Michi Tanaka as |
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Yoshio Matsuoka as |
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Isamu Nagato as Jūbē |
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Chiharu Kitaguch as |
| Directing | Sadatsugu Matsuda | Director |
| Sound | Hajime Kaburagi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tsugio Saito | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Teruo Tanaka | Original Story |
| Writing | Hajime Takaiwa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ichirō Miyagawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ikuro Suzuki | Screenplay |
| Camera | Shintarō Kawasaki | Director of Photography |
| Art | Toshiaki Kurahashi | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Hiroyoshi Somekawa | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Katsumi Kawai | Editor |
| Sound | Taro Takahashi | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Toshiro Hasebe | Assistant Director |
