

21/04/1973
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who is now wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is, in reality, manipulating the ownership of a now valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.

Shintarō Katsu
as Zatoichi

Yukiyo Toake
as Omiyo

Takashi Shimura
as Sakubei

Eiji Okada
as Shinbei

Kei Satō
as Magistrate

Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Shobei

Rie Yokoyama
as Yuri

Tatsuo Endō
as Boss Iwagoro

Shiro Kishibe
as Ruffian

Goro Kumon
as

Naoyuki Asahina
as

Tamotsu Fujiharu
as

Takaji Fukui
as

Gen Takamori
as

Yūji Hamada
as

Kuniko Ishii
as Virgin Farmgirl

Hiroshi Kanda
as

Masayoshi Kikuno
as

Nobue Matsuoka
as

Yuzo Miyashita
as

Tokio Oki
as

Yuko Ota
as

Osamu Sakai
as Gen

Shoroku Shimada
as

Teiko Takeda
as

Yūsaku Terashima
as Yahei

Saburo Ukita
as

Mitsuo Watanabe
as

Takeshi Yabuuchi
as

Satoko Yamamura
as
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