Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
1h 34min
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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.
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Directed by: Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Hsu Tseng-Hung, Chikashi Makiura
Produced by: Shintarō Katsu, Hiroyoshi Nishioka
Composed by: Isao Tomita