In the same year as "Zatoichi to Yojinbo", the film "Machibuse" (Ambush) was released (1970, produced by Mifune Production, distributed by Toho and directed by Hiroshi INAGAKI), co-starring the five big-stars Toshiro MIFUNE, Shintaro KATSU, Yujiro ISHIHARA, Kinnosuke NAKAMURA and Ruriko ASAOKA.
さらに同年、今度は三船プロ製作・東宝配給による、三船敏郎、勝新太郎、石原裕次郎、中村錦之助、浅丘ルリ子の5大スター共演映画『待ち伏せ』（1970年稲垣浩監督）。