Yojimbo

Yojimbo (1961)

Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once

Drama Thriller

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.

star 8.1
  • Release Date: 1961-04-25
  • Runtime: 1h 50min
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Toshirō Mifune

      Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

    • Tatsuya Nakadai

      Unosuke, gunfighter

    • Yōko Tsukasa

      Nui

    • Isuzu Yamada

      Orin

    • Daisuke Katō

      Inokichi

    • Seizaburō Kawazu

      Seibê - brothel operator

    • Takashi Shimura

      Tokuemon, sake brewer

    • Hiroshi Tachikawa

      Yoichiro

    • Yōsuke Natsuki

      Kohei's Son

    • Eijirō Tōno

      Gonji, Tavern Keeper

    • Kamatari Fujiwara

      Tazaemon

    • Ikio Sawamura

      Hansuke

    • Atsushi Watanabe

      The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

    • Susumu Fujita

      Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

    • Kyū Sazanka

      Ushitora

    • Kō Nishimura

      Kuma

    • Takeshi Katō

      Ronin Kobuhachi

    • Ichirō Nakatani

      First Samurai

    • Sachio Sakai

      First Foot Soldier

    • Akira Tani

      Kame

    • Namigoro Rashomon

      Kannuki the Giant

    • Yoshio Tsuchiya

      Kohei

    • Gen Shimizu

      Magotaro

    • Jerry Fujio

      Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut

    • Yutaka Sada

      Matsukichi

    • Shin Ōtomo

      Kumosuke

    • Shōichi Hirose

      Ushitora Follower

    • Hideyo Amamoto

      Yahachi

    • Shōji Ōki

      Sukeju

    • Fuminori Ōhashi

      Second Samurai

    • Hiroshi Kiyama

      Farmer

    • Senkichi Ōmura

      Traveler

    • Noriko Honma

      Farmer's Ex-wife

    • Ryusuke Nishio

      Seibei Follower

    • Naoya Kusakawa

      Seibei Follower

    • Nadao Kirino

      Seibei Follower

    • Mitsuo Tsuda

    • Shinpei Takagi

      Ushitora Follower

    • Jun Ōtomo

      Seibei Follower

    • Akio Kusama

      Ushitora Follower

    • Yasuzō Ogawa

      Ushitora Follower

    • Hiroshi Takagi

      Ushitora Follower

    • Jun'ichirō Mukai

      Seibei Follower

    • Takuzō Kumagai

    • Ichirō Chiba

      Second Foot Soldier

    • Haruya Sakamoto

      Ushitora Follower

    • Rinsaku Ogata

      Seibei Follower

    • Takeo Ogushi

      Ushitora Follower

    • Yoko Terui

      Woman at Seibei's House

    • Hiromi Mineoka

      Woman at Seibei's House

    • Michiko Kawa

      Woman at Seibei's House

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