The Ambush
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hiroshi Inagaki
Toshiro Mifune
Shintaro Katsu
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Ruriko Asaoka
Yujiro Ishihara
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Synopsis
Yojimbo, a masterless samurai, is hired for a mysterious task at the Sanshu Pass. On his way there, he rescues Okuni, a beautiful but ill-treated woman. Because of the danger of his mission, he leaves her at an inn on the Mikuni Pass in Shinshu, now a path for fugitives from the law. Gentetsu, a doctor living in a barn behind the inn, is secretly the head of a Shogunate band planning to attack a clan of samurai carrying gold through the pass. Yojimbo sides with the samurai and in a fierce fight kills every man in the Shogunate band.
Director
Hiroshi Inagaki
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Notes
Released in Japan in April 1970 as Machi-buse. Subtitle: Incident at Blood Pass.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 18, 1970
Released in United States Winter December 18, 1970