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Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.Read moreLess
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
The story
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
Cast & crew
Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
Nobuo KanekoUnosuke
Gen KimuraHyaku
Ikuko MōriBabysitting prostitute
Shōsaku SugiyamaHangoro
Hizuru Takachiho
Yoshi KatōTemple priest
Saburo DateCast
Kōji FujiyamaCast
Tatsuya IshiguroWaheiji, leader of the chasers
Nobu KawaguchiCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Kenji Misumi
- Director of Photography
- Chikashi Makiura
- Editor
- Kanji Suganuma
- Original Music Composer
- Akira Ifukube
- Screenplay
- Tetsurō Yoshida
- Screenplay
- Masaatsu Matusmura
- Screenplay
- Seiji Hoshikawa
- Producer
- Tomio Takamori
- Producer
- Sadao Zaizen
- Producer
- Masaichi Nagata