Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

(1964)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 62 votes

Genres: Adventure, Action, Drama

Year: 1964

Runtime: 87 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 三隅研次

Cast: 勝新太郎, 金子信雄, 木村元, 毛利郁子, 杉山昌三九, 高千穂ひづる, Ёси Като, 伊達三郎, 藤山浩二, 石黒達也

Plot

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.