With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom with his employer's own money. This embarrasses Yojimbo who withdraws from a pact with Ichi to stir up trouble between father and son and their gangs. As the two sides fight, Ichi finds the gold and sets up a final set of confrontations.
勝新太郎
as Zatoichi
三船敏郎
as Yojimbo/Sasa
若尾文子
as Umeno
滝沢修
as Yasuke Eboshiya
米倉斉加年
as Boss Masagoro
岸田森
as Kuzuryu
嵐寛寿郎
as Hyoroku
細川俊之
as Sanaemon Goto
神山繁
as Jinzaburo Wakiya
砂塚秀夫
as
草野大悟
as
常田富士男
as
