めくらのお市物語 真赤な流れ鳥 · 1969

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

Sadatsugu Matsuda · 88 min · Japan

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.

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Production companies

Shochiku Kyoto

Cast

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  Yōko Matsuyama

  Oichi

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  Chizuko Arai

  Omon

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  Jun Tatara

  Nihei

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  Shinichi Yanagisawa

  Hanji

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  Akitake Kōno

  Yasuke

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  Misako Tominaga

  Ohama

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  Bin Amatsu

  Denzō

• Kozo Yamamura