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.

• Katsu Production
• Daiei Film
• Shintarō Katsu
• Toshirō Mifune
• Ayako Wakao
• Osamu Takizawa
• Masakane Yonekura
• Shin Kishida
• Kanjūrō Arashi
• Toshiyuki Hosokawa