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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Movie Details: Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
| Title | Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo |
| Genre(s) | Action, Adventure, Drama |
| Release | January 15, 1970 |
| Overview | 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. |
| Language(s) | 日本語 |
| Director | Kihachi Okamoto |
| Casts | Shintarō Katsu, Toshirō Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Osamu Takizawa, Masakane Yonekura, Shin Kishida, Kanjūrō Arashi, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Shigeru Kôyama, Hideo Sunazuka, Daigo Kusano, Fujio Tokita, Gen Kimura, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroto Kimura, Ryutaro Itsumi, Yûji Hamada, Kazu Echikawa, Gen Kuroki, Junshiro Araseki, Yoko Netsuda, Minori Terada, Shintarō Katsu, Toshirō Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Osamu Takizawa, Masakane Yonekura, Shin Kishida, Kanjūrō Arashi, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Shigeru Kôyama, Hideo Sunazuka, Daigo Kusano, Fujio Tokita, Gen Kimura, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroto Kimura, Ryutaro Itsumi, Yûji Hamada, Kazu Echikawa, Gen Kuroki, Junshiro Araseki, Yoko Netsuda, Minori Terada |
| Duration | 1 Hour and 55 Minutes |
| Rating | 6,735 |
