十九世紀的日本，座頭市是一位失明的流浪漢，靠賭博維生。但在平凡的外形之下，他卻是一個精通劍術的武士，尤其以閃電般的速度和驚人的準確性聞名。為了逃避一群險惡之徒和武士高官的追殺，座頭市流浪到了一個貪贓枉法的小鎮。在那裏，遇到了另一位武士服部源之助，他為了支付妻子藥費而誤為犯罪集團工作。繼而認識了一對雙親被殺的姊弟，這對姊弟因為替父母報仇而委身為藝妓，座頭市受其影響決定以暴制暴，用自己的過人劍術為他們報仇，一場血腥戰鬥在所難免…。

Indestructible to his enemies and irresistible to women, the professional assassin codenamed Golgo 13 is shrouded in mystery and anonymity. If you're on his hit list, you're already dead. Always hired on his reputation alone, Golgo never breaks a contract. Can he survive the combined forces of the FBI, CIA, the Pentagon and the U.S. Army? Has the nameless agent finally met his match against the superhuman powers of the Snake and the twin evils of the psychopathic mercenaries, Gold and Silver?