Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

Zatoichi (Shintarō Katsu), the blind swordsman, walks into a village he has always liked and finds it ruined by a feud between a yakuza boss and his own son. Kihachi Okamoto puts a scruffy, quick-tongued bodyguard in the middle of it, Yojimbo (Toshirō Mifune), a hired sword who works for whoever pays. The two men size each other up, each knowing exactly what the other can do with a blade.