Synopsis
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (座頭市と用心棒, 1970) — watch online on iFILM — is the Japanese action film directed by Kihachi Okamoto that brings together two of the most iconic lone swordsmen in cinema.
Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), the blind wandering masseur whose cane hides a blade, returns to a village he remembers as peaceful. It has become a battleground between a yakuza father and his son, and the son's hired muscle is a world-weary, often-drunk samurai named Yojimbo, played by Toshiro Mifune. Both men know a reckoning is coming.
By 1970 each character had his own franchise at a different studio — Zatoichi at Daiei, Yojimbo at Toho — and cross-studio co-productions were rare. Getting Katsu and Mifune into the same scene took real negotiation. Seventy-nine minutes, two legends. Stream Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo online on iFILM.
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