Kei Satō

Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young heir Tanemaru as their Lord.

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. ...

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 now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality ...

Η ειρήνη που επικρατεί στην Ιαπωνία του 17ου αιώνα προκαλεί την διάλυση των πολεμικών φυλών και ωθεί χιλιάδες σαμουράι στην ανεργία και την φτώχεια. Σύμφωνα με τον κώδικα των σαμουράι, ένα έντιμο τέλος για μια τέτοια κατάσταση είναι η τελετουργική αυτοκτονία (χαρακίρι). Ένας ηλικιωμένος ρόνιν (σαμουράι χωρίς αφέντη) καταφτάνει στο σπίτι ενός τοπικού άρχοντα και ζητά ένα μέρος στην αυλή ...