
Blind Monk Swordsman
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Jūshirō Konoe
Jūshirō Konoe
Jūshirō Konoe


Chiyonosuke Azuma
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Chiyonosuke Azuma


Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka


Shinobu Chihara
Shinobu Chihara
Shinobu Chihara


Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima


Kikuko Hojo
Kikuko Hojo
Kikuko Hojo


Sonosuke Sawamura
Sonosuke Sawamura
Sonosuke Sawamura


Eijirō Kataoka
Eijirō Kataoka
Eijirō Kataoka


Kusuo Abe
Kusuo Abe
Kusuo Abe
Hiroshi Fujikawa
Hiroshi Fujikawa
Hiroshi Fujikawa
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