Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
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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.
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Part of Crimson Bat Collection
4 films
Cast
28 people
Yōko Matsuyama
Oichi
Also in
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
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Chizuko Arai
Omon
Also in
Tattooed Temptress
Devil in My Flesh
Hajime Kaburagi
Sadatsugu Matsuda
Teruo Tanaka
Tsugio Saitô
Jun Tatara
Nihei
Known for
Seven Samurai
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Hajime Takaiwa
Taro Takahashi
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Hanji
Known for
The X from Outer Space
Ichiro Miyagawa
Shintarô Kawasaki
Sadatsugu Matsuda Director · Ichirō Miyagawa Screenplay Hajime Takaiwa Screenplay
United States release July 30, 1969 · Produced in Japan · Original title めくらのお市物語 真赤な流れ鳥
Production
Shochiku Kyoto
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
めくらのお市物語 真赤な流れ鳥
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 15, 1969
Theatrical
United States · July 30, 1969
Germany
July 25, 1975 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 24, 1970
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