Movie

Yojimbo (1961)

用心棒

110 min

• Drama
• Thriller

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Released

April 25, 1961

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

• Toshirō Mifune
• Tatsuya Nakadai
• Yōko Tsukasa
• Isuzu Yamada
• Daisuke Katō
• Seizaburō Kawazu
• Takashi Shimura
• Hiroshi Tachikawa
• Yōsuke Natsuki
• Eijirō Tōno
• Kamatari Fujiwara
• Ikio Sawamura

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