Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.

After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.

Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality manipulating the ownership of a now-valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.

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.

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.

这是一部妻子关于丈夫的深情回忆，一部日本“国民大作家”的婚姻生活史，温情，细腻，坦率，生动。讲述者夏目镜子，20岁嫁给当时还是普通英文教师的夏目漱石，至漱石去世，二人一同走过20年波澜起伏的生活。镜子见证了漱石成为一代文豪的全过程，了解他的性格好恶、社会交往，以及文学创作背景，漱石作品中的猫与人，在镜子的讲述中都能找到原型。镜子与漱石一起经历了生活中的种种艰辛与安适，心酸与释然，爱与恨，乐与痛。她是很多日本人眼中的“恶妻”，却始终有一股强大的力量，面对漱石的精神疾病，以及由此引发的粗暴行为，甚至离婚危机，理智且隐忍，一直陪伴在漱石身边。“我一生中遇到很多男人，最爱的还是夏目金之助。” 镜子夫人依照时间顺序，从相亲开始，至葬礼结束，回忆了与漱石有关的64篇生活故事，事无巨细，毫不隐瞒，发表之后，在日本引起轰动和广泛讨论，让日本近代文学第一人夏目漱石的形象更加立体和鲜活起来，是理解漱石其人其文不可或缺的重要作品。简体中文译本首次面世。