LADY SAZEN AND
THE DRENCHED SHALLOW SWORD
Directed by: YASUDA Kimiyoshi
Cast: YASUDA Michiyo, HONGO Kojiro, NAGATO Isamu
Tange Sazen, the one-armed one-eyed swordsman, one of most beloved characters
in Japanese literature, has gotten a make-over. Meet O’Kin the one-armed one-eyed
swordswoman, aka Lady Sazen.
As a child, she was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu,
who was after her family’s most treasured possession, the famed Drenched Swallow
sword. As an adult, she has become a skilled swordswoman and lives a carefree life
with her adopted family.
One day, O’Kin saves a girl from a group of yakuza, and in
doing so, gets involved in a grand conspiracy involving religious leaders, government
officials, the yakuza and Lord Daizen-day, the man who killed her father and destroyed
her body...
Remastered print
1969 - Color - Widescreen
Japanese with English subtitles.
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