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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
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Title: Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

Release Date: 15 Jan 1970

Runtime: 1h 55m

Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama

Director: Katsu Production, Daiei Film

Production Companies: Katsu Production, Daiei Film

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.7 (63 votes)

Cast

  • Zatoichi: Shintarō Katsu
  • Yojimbo/Sasa: Toshirō Mifune
  • Umeno: Ayako Wakao
  • Yasuke Eboshiya: Osamu Takizawa
  • Boss Masagoro: Masakane Yonekura
  • Kuzuryu: Shin Kishida
  • Hyoroku: Kanjūrō Arashi
  • Sanaemon Goto: Toshiyuki Hosokawa
  • Jinzaburo Wakiya: Shigeru Kōyama
  • : Hideo Sunazuka
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