Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.

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Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Kanbi Fujiyama

Monk Hyakutaro

Eiko Taki

Oyone

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Boss Jubei Araiso

Yukio Horikita

Sachiko Murase

Shimazo’s wife

Ryūzō Shimada

Yakuza boss

Kōichi Mizuhara

Shimazo Kitase

Jun Katsumura

Manabu Morita

Gen Harada