“Mekura no Oichi” is a manga about a blind swordswoman created by Teruo Tanasita and adapted into four live action “Crimson Bat” films by the Shochiku Studio, all starring Yoko Matsuyama who’s also the creator Teruo’s wife. However, Sadatsugu was only responsible for directing the first two movies; Hirokazu Ichimura took over the last remaining two.
When we first meet Oichi during a stormy night, she’s a little child desperately looking for her mother who has taken off with a man and abandoned her. A lightning strikes the tree she takes shelter under and knocks her unconscious; when she wakes up she discovers that she’s blind. Fast forward a few years later, Oichi is now an adult, raised up by Yasuke, a kind old man. One day, a samurai and his thugs arrive and accordingly kill him. As they try to kill Oichi, a wondering samurai...
When we first meet Oichi during a stormy night, she’s a little child desperately looking for her mother who has taken off with a man and abandoned her. A lightning strikes the tree she takes shelter under and knocks her unconscious; when she wakes up she discovers that she’s blind. Fast forward a few years later, Oichi is now an adult, raised up by Yasuke, a kind old man. One day, a samurai and his thugs arrive and accordingly kill him. As they try to kill Oichi, a wondering samurai...
- 2/25/2021
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
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