Cinematheque: Samurai Swordplay and Beyond

(35mm, 87min., subtitled; with Shintarô Katsu. Directed by Kenji Misumi) A young mother dies in an ambush intended for the blind swordsman Zatoichi, who vows to deliver her baby to his father. With the reluctant help of a young prostitute he tries to find the father while being relentlessly pursued by assassins. For this 8th installment of the long-running action series, director Misumi switched to Eastman Color.