Adventure ·Action ·Drama · Japan · 1970 · 1h 55m

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

座頭市と用心棒

Director

Cast

Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi Toshirō Mifune as Yojimbo/Sasa Ayako Wakao as Umeno Osamu Takizawa as Yasuke Eboshiya Masakane Yonekura as Boss Masagoro Shin Kishida as Kuzuryu

Crew

Kazuo Miyagawa — Director of Photography Toshio Taniguchi — Editor Akira Ifukube — Original Music Composer Kihachi Okamoto — Screenplay Tetsurō Yoshida — Screenplay Shintarō Katsu — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Kihachi Okamoto Director Kazuo Miyagawa Director of Photography Toshio Taniguchi Editor Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer Kihachi Okamoto Screenplay Tetsurō Yoshida Screenplay Shintarō Katsu Producer

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