Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.
Released: May 03, 1966
Runtime: 83 minutes
Stars: Shintarō Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Jun Hamamura, Gen Kimura, Kanae Kobayashi, Kōichi Mizuhara
Crew: Tokuzō Tanaka (Director), Yoshinobu Nishioka (Production Design), Akira Ifukube (Original Music Composer), Kazuo Miyagawa (Director of Photography), Kanji Suganuma (Editor), Ikuo Kubodera (Producer)