

83 votes
1970
1h 55m
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.
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto

Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi
Toshirō Mifune
Yojimbo/Sasa
Ayako Wakao
Umeno
Osamu Takizawa
Yasuke Eboshiya
Masakane Yonekura
Boss Masagoro
Shin Kishida
Kuzuryu
Kanjūrō Arashi
Hyoroku
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Sanaemon Goto
Shigeru Kōyama
Jinzaburo Wakiya
Hideo Sunazuka

Daigo Kusano

Fujio Tokita

Gen Kimura

Hiroshi Tanaka
Hiroto Kimura
Ryutaro Itsumi

Yūji Hamada
Kazu Echikawa
Gen Kuroki
Junshiro Araseki
Status
Released
Release date
January 15, 1970
Budget
$116
Revenue
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Language
Japanese

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