Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.
Directors:
Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Hsu Tseng-Hung.
Writers:
Yamada Takayuki, Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
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Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi |
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Jimmy Wang Yu as Wang Kang |
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Yuko Hama as Osen |
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Michie Terada as Oyone |
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Kōji Nanbara as Kakuzen |
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Tōru Abe as Boss Toubei |
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Shinsuke Minami as Hanoichi |
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Goro Kumon as |
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Watako Hamaki as Sen |
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Katsutoshi Akiyama as |
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Yutaro Ban as |
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Yūji Hamada as |
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Tokue Hanazawa as |
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Seishiro Hara as |
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Tsutomu Hashimoto as |
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Shirō Itō as Stooge |
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Tadashi Iwata as |
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Jun Katsumura as Toubei yakuza |
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Kanae Kobayashi as Shige |
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Gen Kuroki as |
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Shōji Mori as |
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Takamaru Sasaki as |
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Jun Satomi as |
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Kyōichi Satō as Yakuza |
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Ichirō Yamamoto as |
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Osamu Ōkawa as |
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Hitoshi Ōmae as |
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Jun Ōsugi as |
| Directing | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Director |
| Directing | Hsu Tseng-Hung | Director |
| Production | Shintarō Katsu | Producer |
| Sound | Isao Tomita | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Art Direction |
| Production | Masanori Sanada | Production Manager |
| Directing | Akikazu Ota | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Eiichi Kusumoto | Property Master |
| Editing | Toshio Taniguchi | Editor |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Production Design |
| Camera | Chikashi Makiura | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Fujio Morita | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Yamada Takayuki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kan Shimozawa | Original Story |
| Sound | Iwao Ōtani | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Hiroshi Mima | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Hiroyoshi Nishioka | Producer's Assistant |