Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.
Directed byAkira Inoue
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Language
- JA
- Released
- April 3, 1965
Featuring
Cast & crew
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Norihei Miki
Denroku the Weasel
Mikiko Tsubouchi
Osayo
Takeshi Katō
Koheita Kadokura
Fujio Harumoto
Intendant Isoda
San'emon Arashi
Hikonoichi
Saburo Date
Jun Katsumura
Tatsugoro yakuza
Gen Kimura
Inspector Jingo Odate
Sachiko Kobayashi
Tsuru
- Directed by
- Akira Inoue
- Written by
- Minoru Inuzuka
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