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.
The 1966–1968 Japan Window
70 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Zatoichi Challenged sits at position #45.
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
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1960s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Zatoichi Challenged premiered. 202 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |