Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder (人斬り観音唄　) 54 years old

Ryotatsu, the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai, the Wicked Priest, has his own story in this ultra-violent tale from the era of the Meiji Reconstruction. When a woman leaves her blind son at the Monastery, Ryotatsu is forced to teach the boy how to cope as a blind person in old Japan. When he takes the child with him on the road to find the boy's mother, they run afoul of not only yakuza gangsters, but some corrupt army officers have been trying to sway public opinion against the Satsuma rebels by posing as members of Saigo Takamori's group. It's a bloody mistake for them to underestimate the strength of the Blind Priest, and he'll make them pay with their lives!

Credits

Bunta Sugawara as Blind Priest Ryotatsu

Minoru Oki as Banri

Tomisaburo Wakayama as Dr. Mitamura

Bin Amatsu as

Takuzo Kawatani as

Akiko Kudô as Maya

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder Cast

Name	Character
Bunta Sugawara He was 37, 81 years old when he died	as Blind Priest Ryotatsu
Minoru Oki He was 46, 85 years old when he died	as Banri
Tomisaburo Wakayama He was 41, 62 years old when he died	as Dr. Mitamura
Bin Amatsu He was 49, 58 years old when he died
Takuzo Kawatani He was 29, 54 years old when he died
Akiko Kudô She was 26, now 80 years old	as Maya

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder Crew

Name	Department
Kōji Takada as Writer. He was 36 (now 90) years old	Writing

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder (54 years)

Release day: Wednesday, November 11, 1970
Runtime: 88 minutes

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder (人斬り観音唄 ) 54 years old