Zatoichi arrives in a town where a gambling house is kidnapping its poor, debt-ridden patrons. A rival establishment moves to pay those debts and free the peasants, but this house's seemingly altruistic boss is actually laying the groundwork for a ruthless money-grabbing scheme.
Shintarô Katsu, Rentarô Mikuni, Kô Nishimura, Yuko Hamada, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Takuya Fujioka, Mizuho Suzuki, Tatsuo Endô, Kayo Mikimoto, Tatsuo Matsushita, Ryoichi Tamagawa, Rokku Furukawa, Keisuke Ootori, Utako Kyô
Action, Adventure, Drama