Whipmaster Ballad of Murder

Ryotatsu the wayward Priest blinded by Shinkai the Wicked Priest has his own story in this ultraviolent 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 boys 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 Takamoris group Its a bloody mistake for them to underestimate the strength of the Blind Priest and hell make them pay with their lives