In a rural village, Zatoichi (Katsu) encounters Shushi Ohara (Suzuki; modeled after 18th-century agriculturalist Yagaku Ohara) a sword-less rōnin who defends himself against multiple attackers without killing them. Ohara leads a peasant movement advocating the abstention from gambling, drinking, and whoring.
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Written by Koji Matsumoto
Takehiro Nakajima
Kiyokata Saruwaka
Based on Zatoichi
by Kan Shimozawa
Produced by Masaichi Nagata
Starring Shintaro Katsu
Rentarō Mikuni
Kō Nishimura
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa
Edited by Kanji Suganuma
Music by Sei Ikeno
Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi
Rentarō Mikuni as Boss Asagoro
Kō Nishimura as Suga
Yuko Hamada as Oshino
Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Nisaburo
Takuya Fujioka as Zatosanji
Kenjiro Ishiyama as Tatsugoro
Tatsuo Endo as Boss Tomizo
Kayo Mikimoto as Oyuki
Tatsuo Matsushita as Yamagen
Mizuho Suzuki as Shushi Ohara