After being wounded in a fight, Zatoichi is nursed to health by a young woman and her father. Now indebted to the family, he works to protect their ferry business from local thugs.

Director: Kazuo Ikehiro

Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuo Endô, Takashi Etajima, Ryûtarô Gomi, Bokuzen Hidari, Ryôsuke Kagawa, Jun Katsumura, Naoko Kubo, Ikuko Môri, Mayumi Nagisa, Yutaka Nakamura, Koh Sugita, Teruko Ômi