Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.
Directed byKazuo Mori
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Language
- JA
- Released
- January 15, 1972
Katsu ProductionFeaturing
Cast & crew
Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Rentaro Mikuni
Boss Tetsugoro
Hisaya Morishige
Constable Tobei
Etsushi Takahashi
Denjuro
Naoko Ohtani
Oyae
Osamu Sakai
Seiji
Renji Ishibashi
Gonroku
Katsutoshi Akiyama
Shōki Fukae
Tsutomu Hashimoto
- Directed by
- Kazuo Mori
- Written by
- Kinya Naoi
- Produced by
- Shintarō KatsuHiroyoshi Nishioka
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