Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman
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Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman, also known as Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman, is a 1971
Hong Kong
wuxia
film directed by Chinese film director Hsu Tseng Hung and Japanese film director Kimiyoshi Yasuda
. Film stars Jimmy Wang Yu as the "One-Armed Swordsman
" Wang Gang and Katsu Shintaroh as the blind masseur Zatoichi
. This film is a crossover of the One-Armed Swordsman and Zatoichi film series.
Hong Kong films of 1971
A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 1971:.-A-C:-D-F:-G-J:-K-M:-N-S:-T-Z:-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 1971 at...
Hong Kong
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
wuxia
Wuxia
Wuxia is a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms like Chinese opera, manhua , films, television series, and video games...
film directed by Chinese film director Hsu Tseng Hung and Japanese film director Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
, was a Japanese film director. He directed films from 1950s to 1970s. He directed few films sbout Zatoichi.- Filmography :* The Young Swordsman...
. Film stars Jimmy Wang Yu as the "One-Armed Swordsman
One-Armed Swordsman
One-Armed Swordsman is a 1967 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. Directed by Chang Cheh, it was the first of the new style of wuxia films emphasizing male anti-heroes, violent swordplay and heavy bloodletting...
" Wang Gang and Katsu Shintaroh as the blind masseur Zatoichi
Zatoichi
is a fictional character featured in one of Japan's longest running series of films and a television series set in the Edo period. The character, a blind masseur and swordmaster, was created by novelist . This originally minor character was developed for the screen by Daiei Studios and actor...
. This film is a crossover of the One-Armed Swordsman and Zatoichi film series.
Cast
- Jimmy Wang Yu as Wang Gang
- Katsu Shintaroh as ZatoichiZatoichiis a fictional character featured in one of Japan's longest running series of films and a television series set in the Edo period. The character, a blind masseur and swordmaster, was created by novelist . This originally minor character was developed for the screen by Daiei Studios and actor...
- Cheung Yik as Li Xiangrong
- Wang Ling as Li Yumei
- Hama Yuko as Ah Xian
- Kagawa Masato as Li Xiaorong
External links
- Zatoichi Meets The One-Armed Swordsman at Hong Kong CinemagicHong Kong CinemagicHong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people that created them. The website contains news, interviews, film reviews and a database of people,...