Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Zatôichi to yôjinbô
115 min
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.
- Release date
- January 15, 1970
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Budget
- $116
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Cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Zatôichi
- Toshirō Mifune as Sassa the Yojimbo
- Ayako Wakao as Umeno
- Osamu Takizawa as Yasuke Eboshiya
- Masakane Yonekura as Boss Masagoro
- Shin Kishida as Kuzuryû
- Kanjūrō Arashi as Hyôroku
- Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Sanaemon Gotô
- Shigeru Kôyama as Jinzaburo Wakiya
- Hideo Sunazuka
- Daigo Kusano
- Fujio Tokita
- Gen Kimura
- Hiroshi Tanaka
- Yûji Hamada
- Gen Kuroki
- Minori Terada as Yogo
Crew
- Kihachi Okamoto · Director
- Kihachi Okamoto · Writer
- Kan Shimozawa · Writer
- Tetsurô Yoshida · Writer
- Shintarō Katsu · Producer
- Akira Ifukube · Composer
- Kazuo Miyagawa · Cinematographer
- Toshio Taniguchi · Editor