Shin Zatôichi: Yabure! Tôjin-ken

Jan 13 1971 Not Rated 1h 34m
Action, Adventure, Drama

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.

Plot

While traveling the Japanese countryside the blind masseur Zatoichi comes across the One Armed Swordsman, Wang Kang, who is in hiding and protecting a child from a corrupt Japanese priest and a group of yakuza. Zatoichi and Wang Kang, each from very different worlds yet heroic swordsman in their own right, at first seem to get along but a language barrier and a series of misunderstanding leads Kang to distrust Ichi. Soon the two heroes are at each other throats while each attempts to stop the true villains from taking the child.

Written by

Kan Shimozawa, Takayuki Yamada, Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Directed by

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Cast

Shintarô Katsu, Jimmy Wang Yu, Michie Terada

Crew

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Production Countries

Hong Kong, Japan

Production Companies

Dainichi-Eihai, Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Daiei Film, Katsu Production Co. Ltd.

Languages

Awards

1 win total

Trailers
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) - Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
1,805
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
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