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 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.
Cast
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
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Kurisu
Kenzō Tabu
Kanai of Manzo
Osami Nabe
Dice Player Hanzo
Storyline
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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