Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Synopsis
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom with his employer's own money. This embarrasses Yojimbo who withdraws from a pact with Ichi to stir up trouble between father and son and their gangs. As the two sides fight, Ichi finds the gold and sets up a final set of confrontations.
Release Date: 1970-01-15
Runtime: 115 minutes
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Budget: $116 USD
Top Cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi
- Toshirō Mifune as Yojimbo/Sasa
- Ayako Wakao as Umeno
- Osamu Takizawa as Yasuke Eboshiya
- Masakane Yonekura as Boss Masagoro
- Shin Kishida as Kuzuryu
- Kanjūrō Arashi as Hyoroku
- Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Sanaemon Goto
- Shigeru Kōyama as Jinzaburo Wakiya
- Hideo Sunazuka as
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