Ichi takes a clandestine message from a fugitive wanted for murder to the man's sister in a nearby village. In the advent of the New Year's festival, merchants arriving in town are being forced to pay an unfair tax by a yakuza gang in league with a local official. Zatoichi shares a room at the inn with a young woman searching for her vanished father, who disappeared after appealing to the authorities about the oppressed farmers. How will these plot strands resolve? Watch and find out. Watch drama online for free.