Zatoichi 6: Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (座頭市千両首 Zatoichi senryo-kubi) aka Zatoichi: A Thousand Dollar Price on his Head and Masseur Ichi and the Chest of Gold is a film based Kan Shimozawa's novels, directed by Kazuo Ikehiro and starring Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi the blind swordsman. Zatoichi 6: Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold is the sixth entry in the popular, long-running Zatoichi series.