Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.
After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.
