Overview

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.

Details

Genres

Adventure, Action, Drama

Language

JA

Release Date

1964-11-17

Runtime

87 min

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Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Nobuo Kaneko

Gen Kimura

Ikuko Mōri

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Hizuru Takachiho

Yoshi Katō

Saburo Date

Kōji Fujiyama

Tatsuya Ishiguro