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
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Nobuo Kaneko
Unosuke
Gen Kimura
Hyaku
Ikuko Mōri
Babysitting prostitute
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Hangoro
Hizuru Takachiho
Ko
Yoshi Katō
Temple priest
Saburo Date
Unknown
Kōji Fujiyama
Unknown
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Waheiji, leader of the chasers
Nobu Kawaguchi
Unknown
Toranosuke Tennoji
sumo wrestler from Ekoin Temple
Teruko Ōmi
Unknown
Crew
Kenji Misumi
Director
Masaatsu Matusmura
Screenplay
Tetsurō Yoshida
Screenplay
Seiji Hoshikawa
Screenplay
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
Sadao Zaizen
Producer
Tomio Takamori
Producer
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story
Akira Naitō
Art Direction
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