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Film / 1969
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Directed by
Sadatsugu Matsuda
A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling ronin. As she develops into a master swordsman, her profession becomes that of a bounty hunter. Many test her sword and many die by her skills. She travels throughout the countryside to seek her mother and her revenge.
The story
A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling ronin. As she develops into a master swordsman, her profession becomes that of a bounty hunter. Many test her sword and many die by her skills. She travels throughout the countryside to seek her mother and her revenge.
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Cast
Yōko MatsuyamaOichi
Chizuko AraiOmon
Jun TataraNihei
Shinichi YanagisawaHanji
Akitake KōnoYasuke
Misako TominagaOhama
Bin AmatsuDenzō
Kozo Yamamura
Keiko KoyanagiOsato
Takaya Uesugi
Michi Tanaka
Yoshio Matsuoka
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