Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.

Shintarō Katsu
as Zatoichi

Rentaro Mikuni
as Boss Tetsugoro

Hisaya Morishige
as Constable Tobei

Etsushi Takahashi
as Denjuro

Naoko Ohtani
as Oyae

Osamu Sakai
as Seiji

Renji Ishibashi
as Gonroku

Katsutoshi Akiyama
as

Shōki Fukae
as

Tsutomu Hashimoto
as