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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

Nov 11, 1970 · 1h 28m
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Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji Reconstruction. When a woman leaves her blind son at the Monastery, Ryotatsu is forced to teach the boy how to cope as a blind person in old Japan. When he takes the child with him on the road to find the boy's mother, they run afoul of not only yakuza gangsters, but some corrupt army officers have been trying to sway public opinion against the Satsuma rebels by posing as members of Saigo Takamori's group. It's a bloody mistake for them to underestimate the strength of the Blind Priest, and he'll make them pay with their lives!

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CAST

Bunta Sugawara
Blind Priest Ryotatsu
Akiko Kudō
Maya
Minoru Ōki
Banri
Naruhiko Umechi
Rintaro
Bin Amatsu
Meichō Soganoya
Takuzō Kawatani
Utako Kyō
Directed by Takashi Harada

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Status
Released
Original language
JA
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Production
Toei Company
Country
JP

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