Blind Monk Swordsman (1964)
This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza and being hunted by a man called “Death” who has his own dark past. The prototype for the later two yakuza priest series with Shintaro Katsu and Tomisaburo Wakayama. Apparently so. And the swordsman motif seems to have been concurrent with Daiei's first ZATOICHI production.
Director:
Shumei Onishi
Writers:
Shumei Onishi, Katsumi Kawai, Nishimura seiji.
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Jūshirō Konoe as |
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Chiyonosuke Azuma as |
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Haruo Tanaka as |
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Shinobu Chihara as |
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Masao Mishima as |
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Kikuko Hojo as |
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Sonosuke Sawamura as |
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Eijirō Kataoka as |
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Kusuo Abe as |
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Hiroshi Fujikawa as |
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Mitsuru Takeuchi as |
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Ryūko Azuma as |
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Kinnosuke Fujiki as |
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Seiya Satō as |
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Fujio Suga as |
| Directing | Shumei Onishi | Director |
| Writing | Shumei Onishi | Screenplay |
| Crew | Sadaji Yoshida | Cinematography |
| Sound | Toshiaki Tsushima | Music |
| Writing | Katsumi Kawai | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nishimura seiji | Screenplay |