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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (US Version) DVD Region 1

Katsu Shintaro (Actor) | Yamazaki Tsutomu (Actor) | Okamoto Kihachi (Director)
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (US Version)

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A blind swordsman returns to a once peaceful village only to find it overrun by gangsters who have hired the infamous mercenary bodyguard Yojimbo to protect them. It's a battle of wits and sword-fighting ability as the blind man and Yojimbo square off in a duel where winner takes all.

"...[A] curate's egg of a samurai saga....Okamoto's fight sequences and air of glum rancour are convincing..." - Danny, Leigh (Film Critic), Sight and Sound, 04/01/2001

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Product Title: Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (US Version) Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (US Version) Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (US Version) Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (US Version) Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (US Version)
Artist Name(s): Katsu Shintaro (Actor) | Yamazaki Tsutomu (Actor) 勝新太郎 (Actor) | 山崎努 (Actor) 胜新太郎 (Actor) | 山崎努 (Actor) 勝新太郎 (Actor) | 山崎努／著 (Actor) Katsu Shintaro (Actor) | Yamazaki Tsutomu (Actor)
Director: Okamoto Kihachi 岡本喜八 冈本喜八 岡本喜八 Okamoto Kihachi
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Release Date: 2003-06-10
UPC Code: 737187004575
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Color Information: Color
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating: Not Rated
Publisher: Animeigo
Package Weight: 113 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004415757

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Director: Kihachi Okamoto

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Region 1
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Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Full Frame - 1.33
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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10 (1)

Kevin Kennedy
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May 24, 2008
A town driven mad by greed Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
Some might fear that "Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo" is just a gimmicky excuse to unite screen legends Katsu Shintaro and Mifune Toshiro, but there is nothing gimmicky about this film. It yields solid entertainment from start to finish.

A small town has been torn apart by greed. A wealthy merchant is rumored to have piles of ill-gotten gold and one of his two sons wants to make it his own. The grasping son hires Toshiro Mifune to help him grab the gold. The merchant hires Zatoichi (Katsu Shintaro) to help defend it. Then the merchant's other son, an official at the local mint who helped his father acquire the gold by degrading the currency, intervenes to snatch it for himself.

Director Okamoto Kihachi creates a richly atmospheric film, with loads of action, leavened by the occasional humor characteristic of the Zatoichi series. Katsu Shintaro's blind masseur is a grubby and venal character, but shines with nobility in this amoral milieu. Mifune's samurai-for-hire is a larger than life marvel, a corrupt bully with a soft spot for the local madam.

"Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo" delivers the goods as the town explodes in a conflagration of greedy violence. This riveting actioner is well worth watching and I recommend it highly.
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