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Released:
1966-05-03

Overview:
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.

Director:
Tokuzō Tanaka

Runtime:
1h 23min

Genre:
Action, Drama, Adventure

• Cast:
• 
  Shintarō Katsu
  as
  Zatoichi
• 
  Shigeru Amachi
  as
  Genpachiro Kurobe
• 
  Jun Hamamura
  as
  Blind Biwa Priest
• 
  Gen Kimura
  as
  Tamekichi
• 
  Kanae Kobayashi
  as
  Tamekichi's mother