Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

1970

88 min

6.5

Ends at

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!

Budget

$0

Genre

Action, Drama

Director

Takashi Harada

Country

Japan

Cast & Crew

Bunta Sugawara

Akiko Kudō

Minoru Ōki

Naruhiko Umechi

Bin Amatsu

Meichō Soganoya

Takuzō Kawatani

Utako Kyō

Tōru Abe

Kenji Imai

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Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder

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!

  • Bunta Sugawara

  • Akiko Kudō

  • Minoru Ōki

  • Naruhiko Umechi

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