Zatoichi promises to find an orphan boy's father
Zatoichi promises a dying mother to find the father of her child. That leads him to a village controlled by a bad Yakuza (gangster) boss. The two stories end up being intertwined.<br /><br />Like all Zatoichi films there’s a mix of the blindman helping out women, joking around in this case with the kid he has to take care of, dealing with bad Yakuza who are exploiting people, and finally befriending and having to fight a samurai. The one big difference was that the writers really played with the audiences heartstrings with the relationship between Zatoicihi and the orphan.<br /><br />By this time the Zatoichi series had become formulaic but it was still very entertaining.<br />C
The movie title "Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman, Vol. 17 - Zatoichi Challenged [DVD]," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.9 from 21 reviewers. 
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : A dying woman begs Zatoichi to reunite her son with his father, who is working in a small town. But when the son and father meet, Zatoichi finds out that the father has been forced to work for gangsters. Using his lightning sword, Zatoichi takes on the crime boss in a relentless blend of action, violence, and comedy that makes.