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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo Japanese B2 film poster
Theatrical release poster Nakaoka Gengo.[1]
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Produced by Shintaro Katsu
Written by Kihachi Okamoto
Tetsurō Yoshida
Starring Shintaro Katsu
Toshiro Mifune
Ayako Wakao
Music by Akira Ifukube
Cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa
Editing by Toshio Taniguchi
Distributed by Daiei
Released January 15, 1970
Running time 79 minutes
Budget ¥???,???,???
Gross revenue ¥???,???,???
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Preceded by Samaritan Zatoichi
Followed by Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (座頭市と用心棒,   Zatōichi to Yōjinbō?, lit. Zatoichi and The Bouncer) is a 1970 Japanese crossover film featuring Zatoichi and Yojimbo from a film called Yojimbo Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Plot[]

In the middle of a rainstorm, Ichi overhears a man being killed by a group and then dragged off into the brush. Tired of wandering, he decides to visit his hometown not noticing until later that the townspeople are living in fear of a local yakuza gang. At a teahouse, he meets Umeno, a former love interest. In the meantime, the boss's eldest son returns from university expecting a large sum of money to be paid to him, but the boss refuses. The youngest son, who also wants the money, hires Yojimbo (Toshiro Mifune) to assassinate him, as he is the boss's top enforcer. Yojimbo, however, is more than happy to bide his time drinking and making him wait.

Eventually, another rōnin armed with a double-barreled pistol wanders into town, wanting the bounty on Zatoichi's head. While Zatoichi makes short work of him, eventually the boy grows tired of his father's apparent unwillingness to hand over the gold and begins to build an army to combat him. Caught up in the middle of the conflict, Zatoichi battles both sides until everyone falls dead. Taking his opportunity, Yojimbo catches the weary Zatoichi and fights a quick duel, which ends in a draw when he slices him across the back and Zatoichi in return stabs him in the thigh.

Cast[]

  • Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi
  • Toshiro Mifune as 'Yojimbo' Daisaku Sasa
  • Ayako Wakao as Umeno
  • Osamu Takizawa as Yasuke Eboshiya
  • Masakane Yonekura as Boss Masagoro
  • Shin Kishida as Kuzuryu
  • Kanjūrō Arashi as Hyoroku

Crew[]

  • Director: Kihachi Okamoto
  • Production: Shintaro Katsu
  • Original: Kan Shimozawa
  • Screenplay: Kihachi Okamoto, Tetsuro Yoshida
  • Photo: Kazuo Miyagawa
  • Music: Akira Ifukube
  • Art: Yoshinobu Nishioka
  • Edited by Toshio Taniguchi
  • Recording: Tsuchitaro Hayashi
  • Steel: Eiichi Otani
  • Lighting: Gengo Nakaoka

Production[]

Shintaro Katsu life work of "Zatoichi" series the first 20 of his in is of Toshiro Mifune of "a masterpiece bouncer dream was realized the confrontation with the" wins production of the production period drama movie. The heroine was Ayako Wakao, who was a signboard actress of Daiei, and luxurious guests such as the former swashbuckler Kanjuro Arashi and Osamu Takizawa of the new drama became a hot topic, but the main highlights were Zatoichi, Katsu and Yojimbo, Mifune It was a confrontation, and this work recorded the biggest hit in the "Zatoichi" series.

Mifune seemed to think that he was a light guest at first, and he was so surprised to see the title of the script "Zatoichi and the Bouncer". This is the first work in which Katsu Pro produced the Zatoichi series in earnest (at the beginning of Katsu Pro's inauguration, " Zatoichi Jailbreak " was produced in a single shot), and all subsequent works will be produced by Katsu Pro. This work is the last Daiei distribution work in the series (after that, it changes to Dainichi Eihai, Toho, and Shochiku).

The distribution Daiei initially planned to make this work a New Year's show, but it was released at the beginning of the New Year at the request of Toho, who lent out the signboard star and ace director Kihachi Okamoto. For this reason, the series that was produced without interruption from the first work in 1962 until 1968 fell into a situation where no work was released in 1969.

Videos[]

Zatoichi_Meets_Yojimbo_(1970)_-_Theatrical_trailer
Japanese Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo trailer


References[]

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