Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman is a 1971 adventure and action movie directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and Hsu Tseng-Hung. It stars Shintarō Katsu, Jimmy Wang Yu and Yuko Hama. It runs 1h 34m. Streaming in the US on Criterion Channel.

Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.