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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
Shigeru AmachiGenpachiro Kurobe
Jun HamamuraBlind Biwa Priest
Gen KimuraTamekichi
Kanae KobayashiTamekichi's mother
Kōichi MizuharaJoshuya
Mayumi OgawaOcho / Oshino
Kei SatōBoss Gonzo
Michi AzumaOharu
Saburo DateHanji
Jun FujikawaJun Fujikawa
Yukio HorikitaToramatsuExplore the crew
- Director
- Tokuzō Tanaka
- Director of Photography
- Kazuo Miyagawa
- Editor
- Kanji Suganuma
- Original Music Composer
- Akira Ifukube
- Producer
- Ikuo Kubodera
- Screenplay
- Hajime Takaiwa