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.
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
Director
Akira Inoue
Screenplay
Minoru Inuzuka
Status
Released
Original Language
JA
Production
Daiei Film
★ 6.8
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
1971
★ 7.0
Zatoichi Challenged
1967
★ 6.7
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
1965
★ 6.9
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964
★ 6.8
Samaritan Zatoichi
1968
★ 6.8
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
★ 6.9
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
1965
★ 6.9
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966
★ 6.8
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964
★ 7.4
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967
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