Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
| Directing | Takeshi Kitano | Director |
| Writing | Takeshi Kitano | Screenplay |
| Production | Tsunehisa Saitô | Producer |
| Sound | Keiichi Suzuki | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Katsumi Yanagijima | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Takeshi Kitano | Editor |
| Editing | Yoshinori Ota | Editor |
| Production | Takefumi Yoshikawa | Casting |
| Art | Norihiro Isoda | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yohji Yamamoto | Costume Design |
| Production | Masayuki Mori | Producer |
| Writing | Kan Shimozawa | Novel |
| Production | Takio Yoshida | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuko Kurosawa | Costume Design |
