"Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transit to the governor he is accused and sets out to find the money and clear his name."
Shintarō Katsu
as Zatoichi
Shōgo Shimada
as Chuji Kunisada
Mikiko Tsubouchi
as Ochiyo
Machiko Hasegawa
as Ogin
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Jushiro (as Jo Kenzaburo)
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as Enzo
Matasaburô Niwa
as Asataro
Hikosaburo Kataoka
as Iwajiro
Shinjirō Asano
as
Saburo Date
Toranosuke Tennoji
Kōichi Mizuhara
Hiroshi Hayashi
Yūsaku Terashima
Ichirō Takakura
Hiroshi Ozawa
Executive Producer
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer
Kazuo Ikehiro
Director
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story
Shozaburo Asai
Screenplay
Producer
Akikazu Ota
Takashi Taniguchi
Editor