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.
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Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi
Nobuo Kaneko as Unosuke
Gen Kimura as Hyaku
Ikuko Mōri as Babysitting prostitute
Shōsaku Sugiyama as Hangoro
Hizuru Takachiho as Ko
Yoshi Katō as Temple priest
Saburo Date as
Kōji Fujiyama as
Tatsuya Ishiguro as Waheiji, leader of the chasers
Nobu Kawaguchi as
Toranosuke Tennoji as sumo wrestler from Ekoin Temple
Teruko Omi as
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