Yojimbo

Release date: 04/25/1961

Genres:

Drama, Thriller

Countries:

Japan

Rating:

8.1

Seven Samurai if it Was Just One Samurai!

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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Actors

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

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

Senkichi Ōmura

Traveler

Noriko Honma

Farmer's Ex-wife

Naoya Kusakawa

Seibei Follower

Nadao Kirino

Seibei Follower

Mitsuo Tsuda

Shinpei Takagi

Ushitora Follower

Jun Ōtomo

Seibei Follower

Akio Kusama

Ushitora Follower

Ichirō Chiba

Second Foot Soldier

Rinsaku Ogata

Seibei Follower

Yojimbo

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