

43 votes
1966
1h 23m
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.
Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka

Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Shigeru Amachi
Genpachiro Kurobe
Jun Hamamura
Blind Biwa Priest
Gen Kimura
Tamekichi
Kanae Kobayashi
Tamekichi's mother
Kōichi Mizuhara
Joshuya
Mayumi Ogawa
Ocho / Oshino
Kei Satō
Boss Gonzo
Michi Azuma
Oharu
Saburo Date
Hanji
Jun Fujikawa
Jun Fujikawa
Yukio Horikita
ToramatsuSumao Ishihara
Yukiko Komura
OroHideo Kuroki
Yakuza of Takasaki
Masanori Machida
Taichi
Ikkei Tamaki
KinbeiKazuko Taniguchi
Kamegoro's wife
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
MotherStatus
Released
Release date
May 3, 1966
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Japanese

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