Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)

6.8/10 115 min Adventure Action Drama

Overview

Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that it’s become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime boss’s bodyguard, scruffy, smart-mouthed, cash-hungry Yojimbo of legend.

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Toshirō Mifune

Yojimbo/Sasa

Ayako Wakao

Umeno

Osamu Takizawa

Yasuke Eboshiya

Masakane Yonekura

Boss Masagoro

Shin Kishida

Kuzuryu

Kanjūrō Arashi

Hyoroku

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Sanaemon Goto

Shigeru Kōyama

Jinzaburo Wakiya

Hideo Sunazuka

Daigo Kusano

Fujio Tokita

Gen Kimura

Hiroshi Tanaka

Yūji Hamada

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