The Hunchback (1972)
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The Hunchback (1972)
In 1971 Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman was released as a wuxia/chambara crossover featuring Jimmy Wang Yu & Shintaro Katsu. Part of the deal was that the Taiwanese production company, Wing Luen Movie Film Company would be able to make Zatoichi films of their own. This is one of the four films that were filmed. Lung Sheng was cast as Zatoichi in all 4 of the films due to his uncanny resemblance to Shintaro Katsu. That being said the Zatoichi character is pretty much just a background character in this fairly typical martial arts revenge action-drama.