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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder  (1970)


6.5|11 Nov, 1970|88 min
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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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Keywords
japan
samurai
gambling
yakuza
priest
feudal japan
blind man

Casts

Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara
Blind Priest Ryotatsu
Akiko Kudō
Akiko Kudō
Maya
Minoru Ōki
Minoru Ōki
Banri
Naruhiko Umechi
Rintaro
Bin Amatsu
Bin Amatsu
Meichō Soganoya
Meichō Soganoya
Takuzō Kawatani
Takuzō Kawatani
Utako Kyō
Utako Kyō
Tōru Abe
Tōru Abe
Kenji Imai
Kenji Imai
Utae Shōji
Utae Shōji
Kyōichi Satō
Kyōichi Satō
Toshi Amatsu
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Dr. Mitamura

Crews

Takashi Harada
Director
Takeo Yamashita
Original Music Composer
Yoshimitsu Amamori
Art Direction
Toshio Masuda
Director of Photography
Kozo Horiike
Editor
Kōji Takada
Kōji Takada
Screenplay
Masayoshi Mizoguchi
Sound Recordist
Kôzaburô Kitaguchi
Lighting Technician

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