Year: 1965
Runtime: 77 mins
Language: Japanese
Director: Kazuo Mori
Blind swordsman Zatoichi is briefly imprisoned, where a fellow inmate begs him to help prove his innocence in a capital crime. Though wary of getting involved—having learned that such entanglements often bring danger—circumstances keep pulling him in. Over time he comes to trust the man's claim of innocence and resolves to free him.
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