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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

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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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Budget

$116

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

115 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

15 January 1970

Country

Japan

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Yojimbo/Sasa

Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

Umeno

Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa

Yasuke Eboshiya

Masakane Yonekura

Masakane Yonekura

Boss Masagoro

Shin Kishida

Shin Kishida

Kuzuryu

Kanjūrō Arashi

Kanjūrō Arashi

Hyoroku

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Sanaemon Goto

Shigeru Kōyama

Shigeru Kōyama

Jinzaburo Wakiya

Hideo Sunazuka

Hideo Sunazuka

Daigo Kusano

Daigo Kusano

Fujio Tokita

Fujio Tokita

Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Hiroshi Tanaka

Hiroshi Tanaka

Hiroto Kimura

Hiroto Kimura

Ryutaro Itsumi

Ryutaro Itsumi

Yūji Hamada

Yūji Hamada

Kazu Echikawa

Kazu Echikawa

Gen Kuroki

Gen Kuroki

Junshiro Araseki

Junshiro Araseki

Yoko Netsuda

Yoko Netsuda

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

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