The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
62 audience votes
Key crew
- Kenji MisumiDirector
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
- Masaatsu MatusmuraScreenplay
- Tetsurō YoshidaScreenplay
- Seiji HoshikawaScreenplay
Cast
- Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
- Nobuo KanekoUnosuke
- Gen KimuraHyaku
- Ikuko MōriBabysitting prostitute
- Shōsaku SugiyamaHangoro
- Hizuru TakachihoKo
- Yoshi KatōTemple priest
- Saburo DateCast
- Kōji FujiyamaCast
- Tatsuya IshiguroWaheiji, leader of the chasers
- Nobu KawaguchiCast
- Toranosuke Tennojisumo wrestler from Ekoin Temple
Stills
Themes
assassinsamuraiyakuzamasseusesequelswordsmanzatoichiblindgamblerwanderer