Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970 • 79 minutes
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About this movie
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Kihachi Okamoto.
It is the 20th of a series of films featuring the blind swordsman Zatoichi. The main character is based on a fictional character, a blind masseur and swordmaster. He was created by novelist Kan Shimozawa and set during the late Edo period.
In this film, actor Toshiro Mifune plays a similar character to Sanjuro, the rōnin in Akira Kurosawa's famous film Yojimbo. Although Mifune is clearly not playing the same man, the film's title and some of its content connect him to the character, the Ronin with No Name, and the idea of the two iconic jidaigeki characters confronting each other.
It is the 20th of a series of films featuring the blind swordsman Zatoichi. The main character is based on a fictional character, a blind masseur and swordmaster. He was created by novelist Kan Shimozawa and set during the late Edo period.
In this film, actor Toshiro Mifune plays a similar character to Sanjuro, the rōnin in Akira Kurosawa's famous film Yojimbo. Although Mifune is clearly not playing the same man, the film's title and some of its content connect him to the character, the Ronin with No Name, and the idea of the two iconic jidaigeki characters confronting each other.