Yojimbo (1961)
Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Toshirō Mifune
as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
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Tatsuya Nakadai
as Unosuke, gunfighter
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Yōko Tsukasa
as Nui
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Isuzu Yamada
as Orin
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Daisuke Katō
as Inokichi
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Seizaburō Kawazu
as Seibê - brothel operator
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Takashi Shimura
as Tokuemon, sake brewer
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Hiroshi Tachikawa
as Yoichiro
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Yōsuke Natsuki
as Kohei's Son
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Eijirō Tōno
as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
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Kamatari Fujiwara
as Tazaemon
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Ikio Sawamura
as Hansuke
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Atsushi Watanabe
as The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
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Susumu Fujita
as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
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Kyū Sazanka
as Ushitora
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Kō Nishimura
as Kuma
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Takeshi Katō
as Ronin Kobuhachi
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Ichirō Nakatani
as First Samurai
Crew
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Akira Kurosawa
Director
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Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
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Akira Kurosawa
Editor
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Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
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Akira Kurosawa
Producer
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Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay
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Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
