
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage(1966)
Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.


A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.

Yōko Matsuyama
Oichi

Gorō Ibuki
Gennosuke

Tamayo Mitsukawa
Kotoe

Harumi Arai
Omiyo
Maya Maki
Otama

Rokkō Toura
Denjuro

Jun Hamamura
Tessai

Gajirō Satō
Hanji
Katsumi Munakata
Kazuma

Kenji Imai
Watch Out, Crimson Bat! is a drama, action, adventure film released in 1969. Directed by Hirokazu Ichimura, it stars Yōko Matsuyama, Gorō Ibuki, Tamayo Mitsukawa. A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.
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