Zatoichi Challenged(Movie, 1967)

Name: Zatoichi Challenged
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama
Released: 1967
Duration: T01:27:00
Rating: 3.3

Original title: "座頭市血煙り街道" (Japanese/JA)

1h 27min | Genres: Adventure, Action, Drama

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 13 votes)

Zatoichi Challenged (座頭市血煙り街道, Zatōichi chikemurikaidō) is a 1967 Japanese chambara film directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi. It was originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (later acquired by Kadokawa Pictures). Zatoichi Challenged is the seventeenth episode in the 26-part film series devoted to the character of Zatoichi. ()

Part of the Zatôichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection

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About Zatoichi Challenged

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 tha 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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Additional Information

Production country: Japan

Shot in: Japan

Plays in: Japan

Based on: "Zatoichi" (find it on Amazon)

Derivative works/Adaptions: "Blind Fury" (movie, 1989)

Made by: Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 10 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/30/1967

Cast: Shintarō Katsu, Jūshirō Konoe, Miwa Takada, Yukiji Asaoka, Eitarō Ozawa

Director: Kenji Misumi

Composer: Akira Ifukube

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"La Légende de Zatoïchi : Route sanglante"

"Route sanglante"

"Zatōichi chikemuri kaidō"

"Zatōichi chikemurikaidō"

"Огонь в глазах самурая"

"Zatôichi 17 Zatôichi Challenged"

"Zatoichi 17: Zatoichi Challenged"

Keywords: zatoichi, sequel, sword, katana, samurai, jidaigeki

26 movies in the Zatôichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection

1962 The Tale of Zatoichi ("座頭市物語")

1962 The Tale of Zatoichi Continues ("続・座頭市物語")

1963 New Tale of Zatoichi ("新・座頭市物語")

1963 Zatoichi on the Road ("座頭市喧嘩旅")

1963 Zatoichi the Fugitive ("座頭市兇状旅")

1964 Adventures of Zatoichi ("座頭市関所破り")

1964 Fight, Zatoichi, Fight ("座頭市血笑旅")

1964 Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold ("座頭市千両首")

1964 Zatoichi's Flashing Sword ("座頭市あばれ凧")

1965 Zatoichi and the Chess Expert ("座頭市地獄旅")

1965 Zatoichi and the Doomed Man ("座頭市逆手斬り")

1965 Zatoichi's Revenge ("座頭市二段斬り")

1966 Zatoichi's Pilgrimage ("座頭市海を渡る")

1966 Zatoichi's Vengeance ("座頭市の歌が聞える")

1967 Zatoichi Challenged

1967 Zatoichi the Outlaw ("座頭市牢破り")

1967 Zatoichi's Cane Sword ("座頭市鉄火旅")

1968 Samaritan Zatoichi ("座頭市喧嘩太鼓")

1968 Zatoichi and the Fugitives ("座頭市果し状")

1970 Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival ("座頭市あばれ火祭り")

1970 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo ("座頭市と用心棒")

1971 Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman ("新座頭市　破れ！唐人剣")

1972 Zatoichi at Large ("座頭市御用旅")

1972 Zatoichi in Desperation ("新座頭市物語・折れた杖")

1973 Zatoichi's Conspiracy ("新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り")

1989 Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally ("座頭市")

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Zatoichi Challenged(Movie, 1967)

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