Japan Synopsis
座頭市血煙り街道
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 tha 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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Zatoichi Challenged. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Daiei Film
Adventure + Action in Japan
1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Zatoichi Challenged itself).
The 1966–1968 Japan Window
Zatoichi Challenged holds position #45 of 70 Japan films in the 1966–1968 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Zatoichi Challenged premiered alongside 20 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 20 other Japan films in 1967.
The 280th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
27 audience reviews — more than 47% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 28th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Zatoichi Challenged, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- zatoichi · 21
- katana · 20
- sequel · 143
- samurai · 128
- jidaigeki · 61
- sword · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,318 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (28th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Adventure productions specifically: #1,017 of 1,216 (top 84%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 27m |
| Release Date | December 30, 1967 |
| IMDb | tt0063834 |