- HD 1080
- Runtime: 116m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Shintarō Katsu
- Stars: Shintarō Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai, Ryuutarô Gan, Yuya Uchida
- keywords: samurai, swordsman, blind, jidaigeki
- Production_studio: Katsu Production, Shochiku
- providers: MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AsianCrush, Midnight Pulp
- The Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally is featured in the top rankings of 1989
- #85 in Top Drama Movies of 1989
- #35 in Top Action Movies of 1989
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.