Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to «Taichi». Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that «Taichi» was the man’s young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.