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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder(1970)
Status: Released
Date: 1970-11-11
65%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
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!
Languages: Japanese.
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Japan
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Movie: Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Top 10 Billed Cast
菅原文太
Blind Priest Ryotatsu
工藤明子
Maya
大木実
Banri
天津敏
曽我廼家明蝶
川谷拓三
京唄子
安部徹
今井健二
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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!
Release Date
1970-11-11
Average
6.5
Rating:
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