Zatôichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)

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.

Genre: Drama | Action | Adventure

Country: Japan  

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Director(s) / Writer(s):

Kihachi Okamoto

Cast:

Shintarô Katsu

Zatoichi

Toshirô Mifune

Sassa the yojimbo

Ayako Wakao

Umeno

Osamu Takizawa

Yasuke Eboshiya

Masakane Yonekura

Boss Masagoro

Shin Kishida

Kuzuryu

Kanjûrô Arashi

Hyoroku

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Sanaemon Goto

Shigeru Kôyama

Jinzaburo Wakiya

Minoru Terada

Hideo Sunazuka

Daigo Kusano

Fujio Tokita

Gen Kimura

Hiroshi Tanaka

And 7 more...

Also Known As:

Zatoichi meets Yojimbo