The Ambush: Incident at Blood Pass (1970)
Machibuse (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Toshirô Mifune	...	The yojimbo
	Yûjirô Ishihara	...	Yataro
	Ruriko Asaoka	...	Okuni
	Shintarô Katsu	...	Gentetsu
	Kinnosuke Nakamura	...	Heima Ibuki
	Chûsha Ichikawa	...	Unknown Samurai
	Ichirô Arishima	...	Tokubei
	Mika Kitagawa	...	Oyuki
	Yoshio Tsuchiya	...	Itahachi
	Jôtarô Togami	...	Gonji
	Chieko Nakakita
	Ryûnosuke Yamazaki	...	Tatsu
	Seishiro Hisano
	Yasuo Araki
	Seishirô Kuno

Storyline

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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