Zatôichi's Cane Sword
座頭市鉄火旅
You arrive in Tonda, a town cowed by corruption. You win a small fortune at the gambling house. But local thugs want you gone. Senzo the blacksmith recognizes your cane sword. He says it will soon fail. Director Yasuda finds a stark poetry in the inevitable.
Regia di Kimiyoshi Yasuda · Sceneggiatura di Ryōzō Kasahara
Con Shintarō Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Makoto Fujita, Kiyoko Suizenji, Eijirō Tōno