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.
勝新太郎
as Zatoichi
金子信雄
as Unosuke
木村元
as Hyaku
毛利郁子
as Babysitting prostitute
杉山昌三九
as Hangoro
高千穂ひづる
as Ko
加藤嘉
as Temple priest
伊達三郎
as
藤山浩二
as
石黒達也
as Waheiji, leader of the chasers
川口のぶ
as
Toranosuke Tennoji
as sumo wrestler from Ekoin Temple
