Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)

Original title: 座頭市と用心棒
Release date: Jan. 15, 1970
Status: Released
Genres: Adventure, Action, Drama
Runtime: 1h 55min
Producers: Toho Company, Ltd.

Name: Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama
Released: 1970-01-15
Rating: 7.199999999999999
Cast: Shintarō Katsu, Toshirō Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Osamu Takizawa

Directed by Kihachi Okamoto.
Starring Shintarō Katsu, Toshirō Mifune, Ayako Wakao and Osamu Takizawa.

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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.