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Yojimbo

Original title: 用心棒

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

  • Movie
  • 1961
  • NR
  • 1h 50m

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

8.1

TMDB audience rating
8.1 out of 10 from 1,786 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Toshirō Mifune

    Toshirō MifuneSanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

  • Tatsuya Nakadai

    Tatsuya NakadaiUnosuke, gunfighter

  • Yōko Tsukasa

    Yōko TsukasaNui

  • Isuzu Yamada

    Isuzu YamadaOrin

  • Daisuke Katō

    Daisuke KatōInokichi

  • Seizaburō Kawazu

    Seizaburō KawazuSeibê - brothel operator

  • Takashi Shimura

    Takashi ShimuraTokuemon, sake brewer

  • Hiroshi Tachikawa

    Hiroshi TachikawaYoichiro

  • Yōsuke Natsuki

    Yōsuke NatsukiKohei's Son

  • Eijirō Tōno

    Eijirō TōnoGonji, Tavern Keeper

  • Kamatari Fujiwara

    Kamatari FujiwaraTazaemon

  • Ikio Sawamura

    Ikio SawamuraHansuke

  • Atsushi Watanabe

    Atsushi WatanabeThe Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

  • Susumu Fujita

    Susumu FujitaHomma, Instructor Who Skips Town

  • Kyū Sazanka

    Kyū SazankaUshitora

  • Kō Nishimura

    Kō NishimuraKuma

  • Takeshi Katō

    Takeshi KatōRonin Kobuhachi

  • Ichirō Nakatani

    Ichirō NakataniFirst Samurai

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa
Music
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Kazuo Miyagawa