Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword

Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword[a] (also known as Left Fencer) is a 1969 Japanese samurai drama and action film, directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.[2] Michiyo Okusu plays the role of the one-eyed, one-armed swords-woman O-kin. This film follows in the series of films about Tange Sazen, but this one features a female version of the Sazen—Lady Sazen.[3]

Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword
Onna Sazen: Nuretsubame katategiri
Directed byKimiyoshi Yasuda[1]
Produced byYashiro Yamato
StarringMichiyo Okusu
Kōjirō Hongō
Takashi Kanda
Asao Koike
Kayo Mikimoto
Isamu Nagato
CinematographyHiroshi Imai
Edited byHiroshi Yamada
Music byMichiaki Watanabe
Production
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Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

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Many years ago, ronin hired by Lord Daizen-dayu killed the parents of a young girl named O-kin, then crippled her by cutting off her right arm and gouging out her right eye. Nevertheless, O-kin grows up and becomes a great swords-woman. Despite her mutilated body, she becomes unbeatable. Now she lives in a small town and owns/wields a very valuable and rare sword - The Drenched Swallow.

A girl named O-mitsu has been led to believe that she will become a maid in a Lord's castle, but is instead taken to a temple where she is sexually degraded by the Head Priest. She escapes and is being pursued by hired Yakuza when O-kin appears and saves her. The Head Priest and the Lord (who is in cahoots with each other) are eager to silence O-mitsu, so they begin a massive manhunt for both her and O-kin, leading O-kin to cut her way to the heart of a massive conspiracy involving corrupt religious leaders and government officials, the Yakuza and the Lord who killed O-kin's parents and disfigured her body.

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Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: 女左膳 濡れ燕片手斬り, Hepburn: Onna Sazen nuretsubame katategiri

References

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  1. ^ "The Jidai-Geki Knights: Sonosuke Sawamura". lardbiscuit.com.
  2. ^ "女左膳 濡れ燕片手斬り". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword". kurotokagi.com.
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