Zatoichi comes to a village which is the local hub of family farms in a silk growing region. The most prominent villager is Matsugoro who apparently will stop at nothing to bring all under his control. The small village does have a kind doctor, Dr. Junan, who lives with his daughter Oshizu. Boss Matsugoro appears to be very prosperous. As a minor gangster he has a large retinue of toughs he uses to bully and intimidate others and he owns a silk weaving factory where at least some of his weavers work to service debt and are actually in bondage. He has also acquired some appointed local political position from which he plans to gain more benefits.... Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Written by Kinya Naoi Based on Zatoichi by Kan Shimozawa Produced by Ikuo Kubodera Starring Shintaro Katsu Takashi Shimura Yumiko Nogawa Cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa Edited by Kanji Suganuma Music by Hajime Kaburagi Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi Takashi Shimura as Junan Kayao Mikimoto as Oshizu Kyosuke Machida as Ogano Genpachiro Yumiko Nogawa as Oaki Hosei Komatsu as Boss Matsugoro Shōbun Inoue as Kumeji Jotaro Semba as MInokichi Jutaro Hojo as Genta Koichi Mizuhara as Sennosuke