Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi / Producer
Jimmy Wang Yu
Wang Kang
Yuko Hama
Osen
Michie Terada
Oyone
Kôji Nanbara
Kakuzen
Tōru Abe
Boss Toubei
Fujio Hara
Boss Toubei
Shinsuke Minami
Hanoichi
Goro Kumon
Yûtarô Ban
Actor
Watako Hamaki
Sen
Chang Yi
Shamo
Katsutoshi Akiyama
Yutaro Ban
Shirō Itō
Stooge
Jun Katsumura
Toubei yakuza
Kanae Kobayashi
Shige
Kyōichi Satō
Yakuza
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director / Screenplay
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
Isao Tomita
Original Music Composer
Fujio Morita
Director of Photography
Toshio Taniguchi
Editor
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Production Design / Art Direction
Masanori Sanada
Production Manager
Akikazu Ota
Assistant Director
Eiichi Kusumoto
Property Master
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story
Takayuki Yamada
Screenplay
Hiroshi Mima
Lighting Technician
Iwao Ôtani
Sound Recordist
Hiroyoshi Nishioka
Producer's Assistant
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 13, 1971
Original Name新座頭市 破れ!唐人剣
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
Wiki.
Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (Japanese: 新座頭市・破れ!唐人剣, Hepburn: Shin Zatōichi: Yabure! Tōjin-ken, lit. 'New Zatoichi Break! Chinese Sword') (Chinese: 獨臂刀大戦盲侠; pinyin: Dú bì dāo dàzhàn máng xiá), also known as Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman and The Blind Swordsman Meets His Equal, is a 1971 Japanese-Hong Kong chambara / wuxia crossover by Japanese film director Kimiyoshi Yasuda and Chinese film director Hsu Tseng Hung. The film stars Shintaro Katsu as the blind swordsman Zatoichi and Jimmy Wang Yu as the "One-Armed Swordsman" Wang Kang. It is a crossover of the long-running Zatoichi series and the One-Armed Swordsman film series.
The Chinese edit of the film reportedly featured a different ending where Wang Kang was victorious in the final duel, rather than Zatoichi.