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Traveling on the road, Zatoichi (Katsu) encounters a dying man who gives him a bag full of money and the name “Taichi”. Traveling on, he makes the acquaintance of a blind biwa-playing priest. The two travel to a town that is having their annual thunder drum festival. The town is under the domination of a Yakuza boss who extorts from the people.
Traveling on the road, Zatoichi (Katsu) encounters a dying man who gives him a bag full of money and the name “Taichi”. Traveling on, he makes the acquaintance of a blind biwa-playing priest. The two travel to a town that is having their annual thunder drum festival. The town is under the domination of a Yakuza boss who extorts from the people.
Cast
Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi
Shigeru Amachi as Kurobe
Jun Hamamura as blind priest
Gen Kimura as Tamekichi
Koichi Mizuhara as Joshuya
Mayumi Ogawa as Ocho/Oshino
Kei Satō as Boss Gonzo[1]