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Zatoichi Challenged

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MovieAdventure, Action19671h 27m

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save the man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.

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Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save the man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.

Directed by
Kenji Misumi
Written by
Ryōzō Kasahara
Genres
Adventure, Action, Drama
Released
December 30, 1967
Runtime
1h 27m
Status
Released
Original title
座頭市血煙り街道
Language
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Studios
Daiei Film
  • Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
  • Jūshirō KonoeTajuro Akazuka
  • Miwa TakadaOmitsu
  • Yukiji AsaokaTomoe
  • Mikiko TsubouchiOsen
  • Mie NakaoMiyuki
  • Takao ItōShokichi
  • Asao KoikeBoss Gonzo
  • Midori IsomuraOmine
  • Tatsuo MatsumuraTahe
  • Eitarō OzawaTorikoshi
  • Jōtarō SenbaChokichi
  • Kōjirō KusanagiKurisu
  • Kenzō TabuKanai of Manzo
  • Osami NabeDice Player Hanzo
  • AAkihisa TodaShinnosuke Emi
  • Kōji FujiyamaGokishi
  • Kōichi MizuharaMinowa of Sobe
  • Ikuko MōriWaitress at Fukube
  • Shōsaku SugiyamaNaruyama

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Part of a collectionZatoichi: The Blind Swordsman CollectionFilm 17 of 26Also in this collection: The Tale of Zatoichi, The Tale of Zatoichi Continues, New Tale of Zatoichi, Zatoichi the Fugitive, Zatoichi on the Road, Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold, Zatoichi's Flashing Sword, Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, Adventures of Zatoichi, Zatoichi's Revenge, Zatoichi and the Doomed Man, Zatoichi and the Chess Expert, Zatoichi's Vengeance, Zatoichi's Pilgrimage, Zatoichi's Cane Sword, Zatoichi the Outlaw, Zatoichi and the Fugitives, Samaritan Zatoichi, Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo, Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival, Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman, Zatoichi at Large, Zatoichi in Desperation, Zatoichi's Conspiracy, Zatoichi: Darkness Is His AllyView the collection

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