Zatoichi Meets The One-Armed Swordsman

– Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking..

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Movie
Rating:
7.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 34 Minutes
Release Year:
1971
Original Name:
新座頭市 破れ!唐人剣
Zatoichi Meets The One-Armed Swordsman
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) - Also known as 新座頭市 破れ!唐人剣

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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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) - Trailer

Release Date:

13 Jan 1971

Language:

Japanese, Mandarin

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

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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.

Awards:

1 win.

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Internet Movie Database:
7.4/10

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