Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
- Released: 1967-12-30
- Genres: Adventure, Action, Drama
- Runtime: 1h 27m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 44 votes
Directed by Kenji Misumi.
Top cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi
- Jūshirō Konoe as Tajuro Akazuka
- Miwa Takada as Omitsu
- Yukiji Asaoka as Tomoe
- Mikiko Tsubouchi as Osen
- Mie Nakao as Miyuki
- Takao Itō as Shokichi
- Asao Koike as Boss Gonzo
- Midori Isomura as Omine
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Tahe
Where to watch Zatoichi Challenged
- United States: stream on Criterion Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
- Canada: stream on Criterion Channel; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
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- Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
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- Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
- Zatoichi at Large (1972)
- New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
- Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
- Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
- Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
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