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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda with Jimmy Wang Yu

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
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Length 1h34
Directed by
OriginHong kong
Genres Drama,    Martial arts,    Action,    Adventure,    Martial arts
Rating70% 3.5420153.5420153.5420153.5420153.542015

Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman, also known as Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman, is a 1971 Hong Kong and Japanese wuxia/chambara crossover film directed by Chinese film director Hsu Tseng Hung and Japanese film director Kimiyoshi Yasuda. The film stars Jimmy Wang Yu as the "One-Armed Swordsman" Wang Gang and Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi. This film is a crossover of the One-Armed Swordsman and Zatoichi film series.

It is rumored that here were originally two different endings where one ending is Zatoichi winning the fight and alternate ending is Wang Gang, the One-Armed Swordsman winning the fight, however this has yet to be verified.

Synopsis

Une procession officielle tourne au carnage lorsque les gardes de l'escorte tentent de tuer un jeune garçon d'origine chinoise qui a eu le malheur de se trouver sur leur route. Sa famille, qui vole à son secours, est massacrée mais les agresseurs sont à leur tour décimés par un étrange bretteur manchot, Wang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu), venu à la rescousse de ses compatriotes. L'enfant arrive à s'enfuir et est recueilli par Zatoichi qui finit par croiser la route de Wang. Mais ils sont poursuivis par les hommes du gouvernement et des yakuzas à leur solde, qui veulent faire disparaître les derniers témoins du drame tout en accusant Wang du massacre. Ce dernier se méfie de tout le monde, y compris de Zatoichi dont il ne comprend pas la langue.

Actors

Jimmy Wang Yu

(Wang Kang)
Shintarō Katsu

(Zatoichi)
Koji Nanbara

(Kakuzen)
Toru Abe

(Boss Toubei)
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