A Sword Renounced

Also known as The Blind Swordsmans Revenge this is Zatoichi Versus The Flying Guillotine 1972 Zatoichi is born Wu Ching Hui he was kidnapped by pirates as a youth and taken to Japan where he learned his cane sword skills He appears to be widely known in China by his Japanese name but as the film opens he is just returning to China to look up his longlost brother Tieh Hou To his dismay he learns that the brother has been killed in a sword duel with one Chu Yen Jieh The griefstricken prodigal blubbers in mourning and vows revenge