CinemaOSMovie · 1969 · 1h 28m

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

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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.

Directed bySadatsugu Matsuda

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 28m
Language
JA
Released
March 15, 1969
Studios
Shochiku Kyoto

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Yōko Matsuyama

Yōko Matsuyama

Oichi

Chizuko Arai

Chizuko Arai

Omon

Jun Tatara

Jun Tatara

Nihei

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Hanji

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Yasuke

Misako Tominaga

Misako Tominaga

Ohama

Bin Amatsu

Bin Amatsu

Denzō

Kozo Yamamura

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Osato

Takaya Uesugi

Creative team
Directed by
Sadatsugu Matsuda
Sadatsugu Matsuda
Written by
Hajime Takaiwa
Ichirō Miyagawa

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