Ikuko Mōri

When Zatoichi witnesses the murder of a young mother he promises to deliver the baby to the father. Along the way he gains the help of a reluctant criminal.

After being wounded in a fight, Zatoichi is nursed to health by a young woman and her father. Now indebted to the family, he works to protect their ferry business from local thugs.

The local yôkai (Japanese spirits) interfere to avenge a murder and thwart the plans of corrupt officials.

When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.