Overview

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Shigeru Amachi

Genpachiro Kurobe

Jun Hamamura

Blind Biwa Priest

Gen Kimura

Tamekichi

Kanae Kobayashi

Tamekichi's mother

Kōichi Mizuhara

Joshuya

Mayumi Ogawa

Ocho / Oshino

Kei Satō

Boss Gonzo

Michi Azuma

Oharu

Saburo Date

Hanji

Jun Fujikawa

Jun Fujikawa

Yukio Horikita

Toramatsu