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zatoichi challenged (1967)

aka Zatôichi chikemuri kaidô. Zatôichi 17.
"Prepare to die Ichi."
A woman's dying wish is for Zatoichi (Shintarô Katsu), the blind ronin, to take her son to his father, an artist (Takao Ito) in another prefecture. But when he arrives, Zatoichi finds that the artist is being held by the Yakuza, and forced to make illegal pornographic artwork. Complicating matters is Tajuro Akazuka (Jûshirô Konoe), supposedly a master-less ronin, who may possibly be a government agent also on the hunt for the perpetrators of this forbidden art.
Considered to be one of the best of the series, this forgoes much of the fighting, to enhance the plot and character interaction.

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