Zatoichi Challenged
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12/30/1967Runtime
87 minsOverview
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.
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A blind swordsman becomes an unlikely protector when duty and compassion pull him into a morally murky conflict between a desperate artist and his exploiters. Sharp action and genuine human stakes elevate this beyond typical samurai entertainment.
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