Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

87 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | Nov. 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.

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

87 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure | Nov. 17, 1964

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title 座頭市血笑旅
Directors Kenji Misumi
Writers Masaatsu Matusmura, Tetsuro Yoshida, Seiji Hoshikawa, Kan Shimozawa

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

as Zatoichi

Nobuo Kaneko

as Unosuke

Gen Kimura

as Hyaku

Ikuko Môri

as Babysitting prostitute

Shôsaku Sugiyama

as Hangoro

Yoshi Katō

as Temple priest

Tatsuya Ishiguro

as Waheiji, leader of the chasers

Toranosuke Tennoji

as sumo wrestler from Ekoin Temple