A poster for Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964), the sixth of 26 films in the series. This was the first of four (!) Zatoichi movies released that year, the most productive year during the series' run (1962-1989).
One of my favorite episodes ,although I love them all. This one is perhaps best known for Zatoichi actor Shintaro Katsu's brother, Tomisaburo Wakayama, returning to play a whip-wielding bad guy that Ichi duels at the end. Wakayama-san had previously played a villain Ichi faced-off with in the second film, The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962).