The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
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!
Ratings
IMDb6/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Takashi HaradaDirector
- Takeo YamashitaOriginal Music Composer
- Kōji TakadaScreenplay
Cast
- Bunta SugawaraBlind Priest Ryotatsu
- Akiko KudōMaya
- Minoru ŌkiBanri
- Naruhiko UmechiRintaro
- Bin AmatsuCast
- Meichō SoganoyaCast
- Takuzō KawataniCast
- Utako KyōCast
- Tōru AbeCast
- Kenji ImaiCast
- Utae ShōjiCast
- Kyōichi SatōCast
Stills
Themes
japansamuraigamblingyakuzapriestfeudal japanblind man