Season 4

01 Another Solitary Journey Episode 11st January 1979 02 Winter Fireworks Episode 28th January 1979 03 Ichi Hears a Lullaby Episode 315th January 1979 04 I Will Kill Him Tomorrow Episode 422nd January 1979 05 Journey of the Butterfly Episode 529th January 1979 06 The Spinning Wheel Episode 65th February 1979 07 Pinky Promise Episode 712th February 1979 08 Big Win - The Best in the Business Episode 819th February 1979 09 Rain on a Boat Keeper Episode 926th February 1979 10 The Cup of the Town Episode 105th March 1979 11 The Stage That Surrounds Human Nature Episode 1112th March 1979 12 The Rainbow Bridge Episode 1219th March 1979 13 The One Hundred Ryo Gift That Made the Devil Laugh Episode 1326th March 1979 14 An Application to Become a Masseur Episode 142nd April 1979 15 A Scarecrow Kid Episode 159th April 1979 16 Mukae-bi, Okuri-bi, Toro-nagashi Episode 1616th April 1979 17 Whose Child Is This? Episode 1723rd April 1979 18 Dogs and Traveling Companions Episode 1830th April 1979 19 A Quiet Life Episode 197th May 1979 20 Festival Music and Pinwheels Episode 2014th May 1979 21 A Gambler's Poetry - Part 1 Episode 2121st May 1979 22 A Gambler's Poetry - Part 2 Episode 2228th May 1979 23 Mysterious Journey Episode 234th June 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. 24 Otento-San Episode 2411th June 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. 25 The Rainbow Journey Episode 2518th June 1979 The massage of a wealthy merchant's unwell daughter becomes something more and leads to complications for everyone. 26 The Dream Journey Episode 2625th June 1979 In a fever dream Zatoichi experiences redemption and then damnation. His feeling on awakening are not reciprocated.