This thrilling tale of swordplay and adventure from cult filmmaker Takeshi Kitano (Hana-Bi) is packed with brillitantly choreographed action scenes and riotous humour, "Beat" Takeshi plays the blind wanderer Zatoichi, whose humble facade masks his prodigious skills as a master swordsman, gifted with a lighning gast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. When he arrives in a remote town whose people are being terroised by the ruthless Ginzo gang and their mighty samurai ronin Hattori (Tadanobu Asano), Zatoichi's path is set for many violent confrontations.