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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder (1970)

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder (1970)

Action Drama
Release Date: 1970, November 11
Directors: Takashi Harada
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company, Toei Company
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Akiko Kudō, Minoru Ōki, Naruhiko Umechi

Overview:

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!

Keywords:

gambling yakuza priest samurai japan feudal japan blind man