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
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
Toranosuke Tennoji
sumo wrestler from Ekoin Temple
Teruko Ōmi
