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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

1970 · 115 min

A slow-burning samurai standoff where two iconic swordsmen circle each other amid a town's greedy decay, with bursts of sharp violence and wry humor.

Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Genres
Adventure, Action, Drama
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Genres
Adventure, Action, Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • violence
  • isolation
  • corruption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour4
Realism6
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

In this series

Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection

  1. The Tale of ZatoichiMovie · 1962
  2. New Tale of ZatoichiMovie · 1963
  3. Zatoichi on the RoadMovie · 1963
  4. Zatoichi the FugitiveMovie · 1963
  5. Zatoichi's PilgrimageMovie · 1966
  6. Zatoichi ChallengedMovie · 1967
  7. Zatoichi the OutlawMovie · 1967
  8. Zatoichi and the FugitivesMovie · 1968
  9. Zatoichi Meets YojimboMovie · 1970 This title
  10. Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed SwordsmanMovie · 1971
  11. Zatoichi: Darkness Is His AllyMovie · 1989

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Genres
adventure, action, drama
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Written by
Kihachi Okamoto, Tetsurō Yoshida
Starring
Shintarō Katsu, Toshirō Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Osamu Takizawa, Masakane Yonekura, Shin Kishida, Kanjūrō Arashi, Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Music
Akira Ifukube
Cinematography
Kazuo Miyagawa
Runtime
115 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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