87 minutes
11/17/1964
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.
Shintarō Katsu
as Zatoichi
Nobuo Kaneko
as Unosuke
Gen Kimura
as Hyaku
Ikuko Mōri
as Babysitting prostitute
Shōsaku Sugiyama
as Hangoro
Hizuru Takachiho
as Ko
Yoshi Katō
as Temple priest
Saburo Date
Kōji Fujiyama
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as Waheiji, leader of the chasers
Nobu Kawaguchi
Toranosuke Tennoji
as sumo wrestler from Ekoin Temple
Teruko Omi