Zatoichi no uta ga kikoeru 1966

Name: Zatoichi no uta ga kikoeru
Released: 1966-05-03
Cast: Shintarō Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Jun Hamamura, Gen Kimura, Kanae Kobayashi

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Tokuzō Tanaka
Written by:	Hajime Takaiwa
Runtime:	83 minutes
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