Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

88 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | March 15, 1969

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.

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

88 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | March 15, 1969

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Kyoto Eiga-sha
Original title めくらのお市物語 真赤な流れ鳥
Directors Toshiro Hasebe, Sadatsugu Matsuda
Writers Teruo Tanaka, Ikuro Suzuki, Hajime Takaiwa, Ichirô Miyagawa

Cast

Yōko Matsuyama

as Oichi

Chizuko Arai

as Omon

Jun Tatara

as Nihei

Akitake Kôno

as Yasuke

Misako Tominaga

as Ohama

Bin Amatsu

as Denzō

Keiko Koyanagi

as Osato

Isamu Nagato

as Jūbē