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.
You can now watch Zatoichi in Desperation online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
| Directing | Shintarō Katsu | Director |
| Camera | Fujio Morita | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masao Ôsumi | Sound |
| Sound | Kunihiko Murai | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Shintarō Katsu | Producer |
| Editing | Toshio Taniguchi | Editor |
| Art | Seiichi Ôta | Art Direction |
| Production | Hiroyoshi Nishioka | Producer |
| Writing | Kan Shimozawa | Original Story |
| Writing | Minoru Inuzuka | Screenplay |
