Blind Monk Swordsman

Blind Monk Swordsman

86 mins | June 20, 1964

This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza and being hunted by a man called “Death” who has his own dark past. The prototype for the later two yakuza priest series with Shintaro Katsu and Tomisaburo Wakayama. Apparently so. And the swordsman motif seems to have been concurrent with Daiei's first ZATOICHI production.

Blind Monk Swordsman

86 mins | June 20, 1964

Blind Monk Swordsman
This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza and being hunted by a man called “Death” who has his own dark past. The prototype for the later two yakuza priest series with Shintaro Katsu and Tomisaburo Wakayama. Apparently so. And the swordsman motif seems to have been concurrent with Daiei's first ZATOICHI production.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 悪坊主侠客伝
Directors Hideaki Ônishi
Writers Nishimura seiji, Katsumi Kawai, Hideaki Ônishi