Zatoichi Challenged

You wander into a roadside inn where a woman gasps her last breath on the floor, whispering to blind swordsman Ichi to deliver her son to his father in a town just over the ridge. By the time you reach the artist’s studio, you learn he’s been blackmailed by the local crime lord into churning out illegal prints to settle gambling losses, and now Ichi must smash the syndicate while the samurai he met on the road stands squarely in his path. Kenji Misumi frames every action in tight, sun-bleached frames that burn the difference between justice and vengeance into your retinas.

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Kenji Misumi directed Zatoichi Challenged in 1967. See Kenji Misumi's full filmography, where to start with Kenji Misumi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kenji Misumi.

Zatoichi Challenged was released in 1967 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 87 minutes.