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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 15, 1970

Original Title:
座頭市と用心棒

Alternate Titles:
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatoichi contra Yojimbo
Zatoïchi contre Yojimbo
Zatôichi 20 Zatôichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatōichi to Yōjinbō
Затоичи и Ёдзимбо

Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama

Production Companies:
Daiei Film
Katsu Production

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 115

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Yoshinobu Nishioka

Continuity:
Mitsuko Matsuda

Director:
Kihachi Okamoto

Director of Photography:
Kazuo Miyagawa

Editor:
Toshio Taniguchi

Original Concept:
Akira Kurosawa

Original Music Composer:
Akira Ifukube

Original Story:
Kan Shimozawa

Producer:
Shintarō Katsu

Screenplay:
Tetsurō Yoshida
Kihachi Okamoto

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