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.
Directed byTokuzō Tanaka
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Language
- JA
- Released
- May 3, 1966
Featuring
Cast & crew
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
- Directed by
- Tokuzō Tanaka
- Written by
- Hajime Takaiwa
- Produced by
- Ikuo Kubodera
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