Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman
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| Directed by | Kimiyoshi Yasuda Hsu Tseng Hung |
| Screenplay by | Takayuki Yamada Kimiyoshi Yasuda |
| Story by | Kan Shimozawa |
| Produced by | Shintaro Katsu Wong Ming |
| Starring | Shintaro Katsu Jimmy Wang Yu |
| Cinematography | Chikashi Makiura |
| Edited by | Toshio Taniguchi |
Production companies | Katsu Productions Wing Luen Movie Film Company |
| Distributed by | Dainichi Eihai Golden Harvest |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | Japan Hong Kong |
| Languages | Japanese Mandarin |
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| Traditional Chinese | 獨臂刀大戦盲侠 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | New Zatoichi Break! Chinese Sword | ||||||||||
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| Kanji | 新座頭市・破れ！唐人剣 | ||||||||||
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Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (Japanese: 新座頭市・破れ！唐人剣; Chinese: 獨臂刀大戦盲侠), also known as Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman and The Blind Swordsman Meets His Equal, is a 1971 chambara-wuxia crossover by Japanese film director Kimiyoshi Yasuda and Chinese film director Hsu Tseng Hung. A Japanese-Hong Kong co-production, the film stars Shintaro Katsu as the blind swordsman Zatoichi and Jimmy Wang Yu as the "One-Armed Swordsman" Wang Kang. It is a crossover of the long-running Zatoichi series and the One-Armed Swordsman film series.
The Chinese edit of the film reportedly featured a different ending where Wang Kang was victorious in the final duel, rather than Zatoichi.