Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman (1969)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
Release: 1969-07-30
Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda
Writers: Teruo Tanaka , Hajime Takaiwa , Ichirô Miyagawa , Ikuro Suzuki
Language: Japanese
Stars: Yōko Matsuyama , Isamu Nagato , Isamu Nagato , Akitake Kôno , Chizuko Arai , Jun Tatara , Misako Tominaga , Misako Tominaga , Satoshi Amatsu , Shinichi Yanagisawa , Keiko Koyanagi , Tetsuo Abe
Runtime: 88 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Makkana nagaradori (Japan) , Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman (United States of America) , A kardforgatónő (Hungary) , Die blinde schwertschwingende Frau , Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman (United Kingdom) , Mekurano Oichi monogatari: Makkana nagaradori , Blind Oichi Story: Red Bird of Flight (United States of America) , Crimson Pirate (Australia) , Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman , Oici, korveni mac pravde , めくらのお市物語真赤な流れ鳥 (Japan)
Plot: In the Edo period, a 7-year-old girl is abandoned by her mother in a thunderstorm, and is blinded by a thunderbolt that falls close to her. Yasuke protects her, and becomes her foster-father, until he is killed by some roving men. A Ronin named Ukita protects her next, and teaches her to use a cane-sword for her protection. Combined with her good hearing, her fencing will prove fateful for her enemies (a rapist, cheating dice players, and bandits) as she tries to protect another girl who was sold into slavery by her indebted father.
IMDB:tt0165379