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.
Unfortunately the movie Zatoichi Challenged is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Kenji Misumi | Director |
Production | Masaichi Nagata | Executive Producer |
Editing | Toshio Taniguchi | Editor |
Art | Shigenori Shimoishizaka | Art Direction |
Camera | Chikashi Makiura | Director of Photography |
Directing | Toshikata Tomoeda | Assistant Director |
Writing | Kan Shimozawa | Original Story |
Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Screenplay |
Lighting | Reijiro Yamashita | Lighting Technician |
Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Iwao Ôtani | Sound Recordist |
Production | Ikuo Kubodera | Producer |
Crew | Shôhei Miyauchi | Martial Arts Choreographer |