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Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.
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重いムードは薄まり、コミカルさが加わったシリーズ第6作。盲目の渡世人・市は3年前、心ならずも自分が命を奪った男性の墓参りのため、赤城山に近い小さな村へ。そこでは農民たちの血と涙の結晶である千両箱が何者かに盗まれたばかりで、そこで市は犯人として疑われてしまう。市は自分の身の潔白を証明すべく、千両箱と事件の黒幕を見つけ出そうとするが……。
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Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
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Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their fencing hall. The third film in the Satan's Sword trilogy.