Japan,
1966, 83 min
Directed by:
Tokuzō TanakaScreenplay:
Hajime TakaiwaCinematography:
Kazuo MiyagawaComposer:
Akira IfukubePlots(1)
The blind swordsman meets a dying man who makes Zatoichi promise to deliver a large sum of money to his young son, Taichi. Zatoichi's skill with his sword results in the death of several of the men, and Taichi sees Zatoichi as a second father. But a blind monk forces Zatoichi to question the violence of his existence and his future as a swordsman. (official distributor synopsis)
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