Plots(1)
The final Yojimbo film, INCIDENT AT BLOOD PASS came about as the second of two collaborations between Toshiro Mifune and Shintaro Katsu. The film's Japanese title, MACHIBUSE, means ambush, and that is indeed what waits for Mifune's wandering samurai after he is hired for a mysterious mission. In fact, he is not even given any information about the mission, but only told to be at an old tea house at the top of a pass at a certain time. There, he butts heads with Katsu, a gang of bandits, and a convoy of Shogunate gold. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Toshirō Mifune
China
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
High and Low (1963)
Yūjirō Ishihara
Japan
Best movies:
Shintarô Katsu
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire (1970)
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Kinnosuke Yorozuya
Japan
Best movies:
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Revenge (1964)
Samurai Banners (1969)
Chieko Nakakita
Best movies:
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Early Spring (1956)
Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man (1958)
Yutaka Sada
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
High and Low (1963)
Red Beard (1965)
Ruriko Asaoka
Japan
Best movies:
A Story Written with Water (1965)
Steel Edge of Revenge (1969)
Incident at Blood Pass (1970)
Ichirô Arishima
Japan
Best movies:
Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man (1958)
47 Ronin (1962)
Incident at Blood Pass (1970)