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Yojimbo

Yojimbo

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

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.

DramaThriller

Release: 1961-04-25Runtime: 110 minRating: 8.083 (1663)

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Unosuke, gunfighter

Yōko Tsukasa

Yōko Tsukasa

Nui

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

Orin

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Inokichi

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seibê - brothel operator

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Tokuemon, sake brewer

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Yoichiro

Yōsuke Natsuki

Yōsuke Natsuki

Kohei's Son

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Crew

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Kazuo Miyagawa

Kazuo Miyagawa

Director of Photography

Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo Kikushima

Executive Producer

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Editor

Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo Kikushima

Screenplay

Masaru Satō

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Executive Producer

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Producer

Reiko Kaneko

Editorial Production Assistant

Clips & Videos

Yojimbo (1961) Original Trailer [4K]

Yojimbo (1961) Original Trailer [4K]

YOJIMBO Trailer (1961) - The Criterion Collection

YOJIMBO Trailer (1961) - The Criterion Collection