Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
座頭市と用心棒
1970 · 1h 55m · Action, Adventure, Drama · Japan
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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Kihachi Okamoto6.4Smart score
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