Zatoichi Challenged

Zatoichi Challenged (1967)

座頭市血煙り街道

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.

Date of release
1967-12-30
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (44)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Adventure, Action, Drama
Director
Kenji Misumi

Casting

  • Shintarō Katsu — Zatoichi
  • Jūshirō Konoe — Tajuro Akazuka
  • Miwa Takada — Omitsu
  • Yukiji Asaoka — Tomoe
  • Mikiko Tsubouchi — Osen
  • Mie Nakao — Miyuki
  • Takao Itō — Shokichi
  • Asao Koike — Boss Gonzo
  • Midori Isomura — Omine
  • Tatsuo Matsumura — Tahe
  • Eitarō Ozawa — Torikoshi
  • Jōtarō Senba — Chokichi

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