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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Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Nobuo Kaneko

Unosuke

Gen Kimura

Hyaku

Ikuko Mōri

Babysitting prostitute

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Hangoro

Hizuru Takachiho

Ko

Yoshi Katō

Temple priest

Saburo Date

Kōji Fujiyama

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Waheiji, leader of the chasers

Nobu Kawaguchi

Teruko Ōmi