Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Seen it?1970 | 115 min | Adventure, Action, Drama
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans. If you loved 300 or The Northman, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 55 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1970: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 10K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
- Shintarō KatsuZatoichi
- Toshirō MifuneYojimbo/Sasa
- Ayako WakaoUmeno
- Osamu TakizawaYasuke Eboshiya
- Masakane YonekuraBoss Masagoro
- Shin KishidaKuzuryu
- Kanjūrō ArashiHyoroku
- Toshiyuki HosokawaSanaemon Goto
- Shigeru KōyamaJinzaburo Wakiya
- Hideo Sunazuka