Aired: 1/1/1979
Aired: 1/8/1979
Aired: 1/15/1979
Aired: 1/22/1979
Aired: 1/29/1979
Aired: 2/5/1979
Aired: 2/12/1979
Aired: 2/19/1979
Aired: 2/26/1979
Aired: 3/5/1979
Aired: 3/12/1979
Aired: 3/19/1979
Aired: 3/26/1979
Aired: 4/2/1979
Aired: 4/9/1979
Aired: 4/16/1979
Aired: 4/23/1979
Aired: 4/30/1979
Aired: 5/7/1979
Aired: 5/14/1979
Aired: 5/21/1979
Aired: 5/28/1979
Aired: 6/4/1979
A young woman who meets Zatoichi takes on many disguises or "steals other people's lives". Her life and stories entwine both the local gang, her dead mother, and Zatoichi.
Aired: 6/11/1979
Blind people who make a pilgrimage to the top of a mountain in hopes of getting their sight are instead kidnapped by yakuza and enslaved to work in a mine. The boss's woman feels for Zatoichi and tries to help him.
Aired: 6/18/1979
The massage of a wealthy merchant's unwell daughter becomes something more and leads to complications for everyone.
Aired: 6/25/1979
In a fever dream Zatoichi experiences redemption and then damnation. His feeling on awakening are not reciprocated.