Zatoichi: On the Road (座頭市喧嘩旅, Zatōichi kenka-tabi) is a 1963 Japanese Chambara film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi, originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (now known as Kadokawa Pictures).
Sometime during their travel Mitsu reveals that she is being hunted because she stabbed the local lord in the face with her hairpin when he tried to rape her.
Ichi senses the man going for his sword, he grabs it, wraps the sageo (cord around the sheath) around the handle so it can't be used and throws it across the room.and then gives a very hard massage for which he charges a huge amount.
Ichi finds Hisa in the street and learns that Jingoro works for Boss Tobei Shimozuma.
The next day the group of samurai are on the road looking for the girl with orders to kill her from their lord which one of them questions.
As she reaches to wipe food from his face, he violently grabs her hand and tells her to stay still and then dispatches the three samurai who charge at them.
Arriving at the next town, Mitsu asks him to come with her so he can meet her family, and when he is reluctant she gets him to confess that if he doesn't leave her now, he will be unable to ever let her go which pleases her before he says he is joking.
The young man, Matsu, who serves Ichi sake reveals he loves a girl named Mitsu.
Hikozo launches a dawn raid by boat and Shimozuma drags Mitsu out against Hisa's protests that taking a girl to a fight is wrong.
Ichi starts the fight and in the confusion manages to isolate Tobei with Hikozo and Tomegoro and he kills all three.