The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration.

• Katsu Production
• Dainichi-Eihai
• Shintarō Katsu
• Tatsuya Nakadai
• Reiko Ōhara
• Masayuki Mori
• Shinnosuke Ikehata
• Kazuko Yoshiyuki
• Kō Nishimura
• Ryūnosuke Kaneda