7.6/10 868 votes

Released:
1967-12-30

Overview:
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save the man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.

Director:
Kenji Misumi

Runtime:
1h 27min

Genre:
Adventure, Action, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Shintarō Katsu
  as
  Zatoichi
• 
  Jūshirō Konoe
  as
  Tajuro Akazuka
• 
  Miwa Takada
  as
  Omitsu
• 
  Yukiji Asaoka
  as
  Tomoe
• 
  Mikiko Tsubouchi
  as
  Osen