

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.
Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka, Masaichi Nagata
User score
61 votes

Released
August 9, 1963
1h 26m
Japanese

Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi

Miwa Takada
Onobu

Masayo Banri
Otane

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Jun'ichirō Narita
Sakichi

Tōru Abe
Boss Yagiri Tokyuro
San'emon Arashi

Yūji Hamada
Sumao Ishihara

Jun Katsumura
Wrestling yakuza

Kōichi Mizuhara
Boss Unosuke
Yasuhiro Mizukami
Boss Tamamura

Sachiko Murase
Maki

Hiroshi Nawa
Tokio Oki
Mitsusaburō Ramon

Ikkei Tamaki
Yōko Wakasugi

Teruko Ōmi
Innkeeper maid
Jutarō Hōjō
Tanakura