Zatoichi Challenged
Directed by Kenji Misumi
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.
Duration
1h 27m
Released
December 30, 1967
Cast28
Part ofThe Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection
Includes Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966), The Tale of Zatoichi (1962), Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963), The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962), Zatoichi on the Road (1963), Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964), Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964), Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964), Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965), Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966), Zatoichi Challenged (1967), New Tale of Zatoichi (1963), Adventures of Zatoichi (1964), Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965), Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967), Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967), Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970), Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970), Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971), Zatoichi at Large (1972), Zatoichi in Desperation (1972), Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973), Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968), Zatoichi's Revenge (1965), Samaritan Zatoichi (1968), and Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989).
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