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Zatoichi Challenged

Zatoichi Challenged - Where to Watch

Audience Score
68

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Here are a few important points to remember about the Daiei Film adventure flick. Zatoichi Challenged starring Shintarō Katsu, Jūshirō Konoe, Miwa Takada, Yukiji Asaoka has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min. The movie received a user score of 68/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 40 active users.

Let’s set the scene for you... Here's the plot: "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."

Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Movies

The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.