Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

The story

Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji Reconstruction. When a woman leaves her blind son at the Monastery, Ryotatsu is forced to teach the boy how to cope as a blind person in old Japan. When he takes the child with him on the road to find the boy's mother, they run afoul of not only yakuza gangsters, but some corrupt army officers have been trying to sway public opinion against the Satsuma rebels by posing as members of Saigo Takamori's group. It's a bloody mistake for them to underestimate the strength of the Blind Priest, and he'll make them pay with their lives!

In the same saga

Wicked Priest Collection

In release order

Wicked Priest

1968

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

1968

Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage

1969

Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back

1970

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This film

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

1970

Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments

1971

Cast

B Bunta SugawaraBlind Priest Ryotatsu A Akiko KudōMaya M Minoru ŌkiBanri N Naruhiko UmechiRintaro B Bin Amatsu M Meichō Soganoya T Takuzō Kawatani U Utako Kyō T Tōru Abe K Kenji Imai U Utae Shōji K Kyōichi Satō

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T Toshi Amatsu T Tomisaburō WakayamaDr. Mitamura