Yojimbo
Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once
8.1(1,717) 1961-04-25 110 minDramaThriller
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ScreenplayRyuzo Kikushima
Original Music ComposerMasaru Satō
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
ProducerAkira Kurosawa
Cast & characters
Toshirō Mifune
as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Unosuke, gunfighter
Yōko Tsukasa
as Nui
Isuzu Yamada
as Orin
Daisuke Katō
as Inokichi
Seizaburō Kawazu
as Seibê - brothel operator
Takashi Shimura
as Tokuemon, sake brewer
Hiroshi Tachikawa
as Yoichiro
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Kohei's Son
Eijirō Tōno
as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Tazaemon
Ikio Sawamura
as Hansuke
Atsushi Watanabe
as The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Susumu Fujita
as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Kyū Sazanka
as Ushitora
Kō Nishimura
as Kuma
Takeshi Katō
as Ronin Kobuhachi
Ichirō Nakatani
as First Samurai
Sachio Sakai
as First Foot Soldier
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Akira Tani
as Kame
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Namigoro Rashomon
as Kannuki the Giant
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Kohei
Gen Shimizu
as Magotaro
Jerry Fujio
as Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut
