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.
Title | Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman |
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Year | 1969 |
Genre | Drama, Action, Adventure |
Country | Japan |
Studio | Shochiku Kyoto |
Cast | Yōko Matsuyama, Chizuko Arai, Jun Tatara, Shinichi Yanagisawa, Akitake Kōno, Misako Tominaga |
Crew | Hajime Kaburagi (Original Music Composer), Sadatsugu Matsuda (Director), Ichirō Miyagawa (Screenplay), Hiroyoshi Somekawa (Lighting Technician), Katsumi Kawai (Editor), Ikuro Suzuki (Screenplay) |
Keyword | martial arts, samurai, yakuza, sword fight, revenge motive, jidaigeki, female samurai |
Release | Mar 15, 1969 |
Runtime | 88 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.80 / 10 by 14 users |