Before he portrayed the legendary blind swordsman, Zatoichi, Shintaro KATSU played Suganoichi, a blind court masseur with a dark side.  An outcast since birth, he learned from a young age that the only way to get ahead was to take advantage of others.  Now an expert con-artist with a heart of coal, Suganoichi is on a vile quest for power, and everyone else will suffer along the way!