Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
15/01/1970
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.
Movie Information
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
Kanjūrō Arashi
as Hyoroku
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
as Sanaemon Goto
Shigeru Kōyama
as Jinzaburo Wakiya
Hideo Sunazuka
as
Daigo Kusano
as
Fujio Tokita
as
Gen Kimura
as
Hiroshi Tanaka
as
Hiroto Kimura
as
Ryutaro Itsumi
as
Yūji Hamada
as
Kazu Echikawa
as
Gen Kuroki
as
Junshiro Araseki
as
Yoko Netsuda
as
Minori Terada
as
