ZATOICHI #17:ZATOICHI CHALLENG

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• Release Year: 1967
• Genre: Action/Adventure; Drama; Foreign; Martial Arts
• Plot: With 25 film sequels and upwards of 100 TV episodes. Shintaro Katsu is the legendary Zatoichi! He's a low-ranking blind masseur who lives by the Yakuza code and answers his foes with a deadly cane sword. By far, one of Japan's most time-honored screen personas, Zatoichi is, to this day, the ultimate everyman anti-hero.; ; A dying woman begs Zatoichi to reunite her son with his father, who is working in a small town. But when the son and father meet, Zatoichi finds out that the father has been forced to work for gangsters. Using his lightning sword, Zatoichi takes on the crime boss in a relentless blend of action, violence, and comedy that makes Zatoichi Challenged one of the best in the long-running series.
• Cast: Shintarô Katsu; Jûshirô Konoe; Miwa Takada; Yukiji Asaoka; Mikiko Tsubouchi; Mie Nakao; Takao Ito; Asao Koike; Midori Isomura; Tatsuo Matsumura; Eitarô Ozawa; Jotaro Chinami; Kôjirô Kusanagi; Kenzô Tabu; Osami Nabe; Hirohisa Toda; Kôji Fujiyama; Koichi Mizuhara; Shôsaku Sugiyama; Ikuko Môri; Kenji Misumi; Ryôzô Kasahara; Kan Shimozawa
• Director: Kenji Misumi
• Runtime: 1:27
• Company: Daiei, Home Vision Entertainment, Janus Films
• Media Format: Movie