Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Zatoichi 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.

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Cast

Shintarō Katsu Shintarō Katsu As: Zatoichi
Toshirō Mifune Toshirō Mifune As: Yojimbo/Sasa
Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao As: Umeno
Osamu Takizawa Osamu Takizawa As: Yasuke Eboshiya
Masakane Yonekura Masakane Yonekura As: Boss Masagoro
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Storyline

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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Details

Genres: Adventure, Action, Drama

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 15 January 1970

Country: JP

Runtime: 115m

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Company Credits

Company: Katsu Production, Daiei Film

Budget: $116

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Cast

Directed By

Writing Credits

Tetsurō Yoshida

Tetsurō Yoshida

Screenplay

Kan Shimozawa

Kan Shimozawa

Original Story

Kihachi Okamoto

Kihachi Okamoto

Screenplay

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Kazuo Miyagawa

Kazuo Miyagawa

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Art Direction

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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