3. Hattori Gennosuke - Zatoichi
A ronin in search to regain his honor, Hattori Gennosuke. This master-less samurai works for a local Yakuza as a bodyguard, taking out targets at their command. Most ronin work as swords for hire in order to feed themselves, but Hattori main concern is the welfare his wife O-Shino who is deathly sick, to which he uses the majority of his funds to try and cure her. But their's another itch on the back of his neck that has yet to be scratched, the matter of his lost honor. Once as a young samurai, a ronin challenged his master's warriors. He sparred Hattori with wooden swords, but didn't adhere to honorable code of the samurai, saying that to be treated as a samurai you must use your katana. He then proceeded to ridicule him infront of his master, be beating him repeatedly till he fell unconscious. Whenever Hattori confronted his antagonizer years later, he was unable to fight because of disease, leaving Hattori unable to retain his honor. This drives him to regain it in his daily life, feeling obligated to prove himself when regonizing potential threats. The tragedy of Hattori is that his honor is more important to him than the welfare of his wife which he is completely oblivious too, and would inevitably lead to his death.