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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (座頭市と用心棒) is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. It is the 20th of a series of films featuring the blind swordsman Zatoichi. The main character is based on a fictional character, a blind masseur and swordmaster.
Jan 15, 1970 · Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo: Directed by Kihachi Okamoto. With Shintarô Katsu, Ayako Wakao, Osamu Takizawa, Masakane Yonekura. Zatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside.
- (2.9K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Kihachi Okamoto
- 1970-01-15
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—Toshiro Mifune’s scruffy, smart-mouthed, cash-hungry Yojimbo of legend.
- 116 min
- 10.6K
- Shadows of the Dark
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—Toshiro Mifune’s scruffy, smart-mouthed, cash-hungry Yojimbo of legend.
- Zatoichi
Zatoichi (Shintarô Katsu) becomes a drunken bodyguard's (Toshirô Mifune) adversary when he becomes caught up in a feud between a village boss and the...
- (65)
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Action, Adventure
- Shintarô Katsu
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-Toshiro Mifune's scruffy, smart-mouthed, cash-hungry Yojimbo of legend.
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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.
