Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman (1969)

Name: Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 1969
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Akitake Kōno, Bin Amatsu, Chiharu Kitaguch, Chizuko Arai, Isamu Nagato

Original Title: めくらのお市物語真赤な流れ鳥

Action Adventure Drama

6.8 (20 votes)

1h 28m

Overview

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.

Details

Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda
Writer: Hajime Takaiwa, Ichirō Miyagawa, Ikuro Suzuki
Original Language: Japanese
Budget: N/A

Cast

Akitake Kōno Bin Amatsu Chiharu Kitaguch Chizuko Arai Isamu Nagato Jun Tatara Keiko Koyanagi Kozo Yamamura Michi Tanaka Misako Tominaga Shinichi Yanagisawa Takaya Uesugi Yōko Matsuyama Yoshio Matsuoka