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Character. The character of Blind Oichi is a blind swordswoman created by Teruo Tanashita in a manga published by Shukan Manga Times, in what is believed to be a response to the hugely successful Zatoichi series. The main difference, apart from being a female, was that her weakness is a stereotyped female tendency to be emotional.
Oichi, The Blind Swordswoman, Samurai, Jidaigeki. Crimson Bat is the international title for the series of four jidaigeki films (three from 1969 and one from 1970) based on the character Blind Oichi (めくらのお市, Mekura no Oichi).
- 88 min
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman: Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda. With Yôko Matsuyama, Isamu Nagato, Akitake Kôno, Chizuko Arai. A young blind girl is abandoned by her mother.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Sadatsugu Matsuda
- 1969-07-30
David Chew. Abandoned by her mother, she's pretty, impeccably dressed in kimono and she roams the countryside alone. She's also blind and very deadly with her scarlet sword-cane.
Jun 16, 1972 · Blind Swordswoman: Hellish Skin: Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda. With Yôko Matsuyama, Yasunori Irikawa, Kikko Matsuoka, Tôru Abe. Blind swordswoman Oichi ponders whether a life of peace might be better than killing criminals for money.
- (82)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Sadatsugu Matsuda
- 1972-06-16
Mar 6, 2021 · Blind Swordswoman, Crimson Bat, Zatoichi. Language. Japanese. the Edo period, a 7-year-old girl is abandoned by her mother in a thunderstorm, and is blinded by a thunderbolt that falls close to her. Yasuke protects her, and becomes her foster-father, until he is killed by some roving men.
Seol Hie loses her parents and eyes to the murderous brutality of General Woo Shin-tak. She trains herself in swordsmanship and martial arts for the next two decades before setting out to even the score with Woo.
