# La Légende de Zatoïchi, Vol. 18 : Le Défi (1968)

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**Original title**: *座頭市果し状*
**Runtime**: 82 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Action, Drama
**Directed by**: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
**Written by**: Kinya Naoi
**Starring**: Shintarō Katsu, Kyōsuke Machida, Takashi Shimura, Jōtarō Senba, Hōsei Komatsu, Shōzō Nanbu

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You stumble into a rain-soaked Edo alley and that’s when the blind swordsman’s cane taps your ankle. A band of wanted men hide their stolen gold inside you but the official hunting them won’t believe your pleas and the blade is already at your throat and then Zatoichi’s humming cuts through the dark. The film stays with the knife-edge silence before blood hits dirt.

**Mood tags**: playful, raw

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