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It’s East meets East when one of Japan’s action idols crosses paths with an iconic kung-fu hero from Hong Kong. While traveling the countryside, Zatoichi comes across Wang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu), a Chinese swordsman protecting a brutally orphaned young child. Despite the language barrier, the men forge a friendship, until nefarious enemies plant seeds of distrust to pit the two master martial artists against each other.
Original Release
01/13/1971
US Release
11/26/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jimmy Wang Yu | Wang Kong / One-armed Swordsman / Wang Kang |
Michie Terada | Yone / Oyone |
Koji Nanbara | Kakuzen |
Tôru Abe | Boss Toubei |
Katsutoshi Akiyama | |
Yûtarô Ban | |
Yi Chang | Shamo |
Yûji Hamada | |
Tokue Hanazawa | |
Seishirô Hara |
Directors
Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Teng-Hung Hsu
Writers
Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Kan Shimozawa, Takayuki Yamada
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jimmy Wang Yu | Wang Kong / One-armed Swordsman / Wang Kang |
Michie Terada | Yone / Oyone |
Koji Nanbara | Kakuzen |
Tôru Abe | Boss Toubei |
Katsutoshi Akiyama | |
Yûtarô Ban | |
Yi Chang | Shamo |
Yûji Hamada | |
Tokue Hanazawa | |
Seishirô Hara | |
Chikara Hashimoto | |
Shirô Itô | Stooge |
Tadashi Iwata | |
Masato Kagawa | |
Jun Katsumura | Toubei yakuza |
Kanae Kobayashi | Shige |
Goro Kumon | |
Gen Kuroki | |
Yuzou Kusakawa | |
Noritake Matsuda |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Shintarô Katsu | Producer |
Ming Huang | Producer |
Yoshinobu Nishioka | Producer |