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title: 'Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kimiyoshi Yasuda'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'Hong Kong'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/zatoichi-and-the-one-armed-swordsman-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066602/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)

1971 · 94 min · Action · Hong Kong

Original title: 新座頭市・破れ！唐人剣

## Synopsis

Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman , also known as Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman and The Blind Swordsman Meets His Equal, is a 1971 chambara-wuxia crossover by Japanese film director Kimiyoshi Yasuda and Chinese film director Hsu Tseng Hung. A Japanese-Hong Kong co-production, the film stars Shintaro Katsu as the blind swordsman Zatoichi and Jimmy Wang Yu as the "One-Armed Swordsman" Wang Kang. It is a crossover of the long-running Zatoichi series and the One-Armed Swordsman film series.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kimiyoshi Yasuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kimiyoshi-yasuda)
- **Screenplay:** [Takayuki Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/takayuki-yamada)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Isao Tomita](https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-tomita)

## Cast

- [Jimmy Wang Yu](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-wang-yu)
- [Shintarō Katsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/shintaro-katsu)
- [Yūko Hama](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuko-hama)
- [Michie Terada](https://cinepixo.com/people/michie-terada)
- [Tokue Hanasawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/tokue-hanasawa)
- [Kanae Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanae-kobayashi)
- [Chang Yi](https://cinepixo.com/people/chang-yi)
- [Ling Wang](https://cinepixo.com/people/ling-wang)
- [Toru Abe](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-abe)
- [Kōji Nanbara](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-nanbara)
- [Takamaru Sasaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/takamaru-sasaki)
- [Shinsuke Minami](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinsuke-minami)
- [Shirō Itō](https://cinepixo.com/people/shiro-ito)

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