Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.

• Daiei Film
• Shintarō Katsu
• Mikio Narita
• Chizu Hayashi
• Kaneko Iwasaki
• Gaku Yamamoto
• Saburo Date
• Tatsuo Endō
• Takuya Fujioka