Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

About Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

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.

Hsu Tseng-Hung and Kimiyoshi Yasuda directed Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman, a 1971 action adventure film. The film is filed under yakuza, katana, and zatoichi.

Shintarō Katsu appears as Zatoichi, Jimmy Wang Yu as Wang Kang, Yuko Hama as Osen, and Michie Terada as Oyone. Released in January 1971, it runs 94 minutes.

The screenplay is by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and Yamada Takayuki. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Predators, and Blade: Trinity make useful companions to Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman.