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| Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Kihachi Okamoto |
| Written by | Kihachi Okamoto Tetsuro Yoshida |
| Produced by | Shintaro Katsu |
| Starring | Shintaro Katsu Toshiro Mifune Ayako Wakao |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
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Running time | 115 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (座頭市と用心棒) is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Kihachi Okamoto.[1][2]
It is the 20th of a series of films featuring the blind swordsman Zatoichi.[3] 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 (1830s and 1840s).
In this film, actor Toshiro Mifune plays a similar character to Sanjuro, the rōnin (masterless samurai) in Akira Kurosawa's famous film Yojimbo (1961).[4] Although Mifune is clearly not playing the same man (his name here is Daisaku Sasa, and his personality and background differ in many key respects), 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 (Machibuse, made in the same year, also stars Mifune in a role similar to that of Yojimbo).
- ^ Thompson, Howard (November 29, 1971). "Screen: 'Yojimbo' Sequel:Mifune Stars in Bloody Drama at the Bijou". The New York Times.
- ^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「座頭市と用心棒」の解説". Kotobank. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "勝新太郎vs三船敏郎… 公開から50年「座頭市と用心棒」の煮え切らなさ". daily新潮. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "座頭市と用心棒". オンラインwow. Retrieved 2 January 2020.