Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

Movie·1970·1h 55m

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 座頭市と用心棒

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.

Written By

Tetsurō Yoshida

Producer

Shintarō Katsu

Cinematography

Kazuo Miyagawa

Music

Akira Ifukube

Editor

Toshio Taniguchi

Themes

goldjapansamuraispysword fightzatoichiblindjidaigeki

Production House

Katsu Production
Daiei Film

Audience Score

68%

81 votes

Skip10%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection27%

Where to watch

Region: US

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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

Ryutaro Itsumi

Yūji Hamada

Yūji Hamada

Kazu Echikawa

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Crew

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Producer

Toshio Taniguchi

Editor

Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

Kihachi Okamoto

Kihachi Okamoto

Director, Screenplay

Kazuo Miyagawa

Kazuo Miyagawa

Director of Photography

Tetsurō Yoshida

Screenplay

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