Yojimbo
用心棒
19611ч 50минNR
(1,678)
"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.
Director:Akira Kurosawa
Details
Basic Info
StatusReleased
Release DateApril 25, 1961
Age RatingNR
Original Languageja
Statistics
Vote Count1,678
Popularity5
Languages
Japanese
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Crew
Writers
Ryuzo Kikushima
Akira Kurosawa
Producers
Ryuzo Kikushima
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Akira Kurosawa
Composer
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Kazuo Miyagawa
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Keywords
japansamuraiswordplaygamblingswordbodyguardblack and whitefightingfamilyintrigueroninjidaigekirevolveredo periodfeudal japan19th centurybusiness rivalrymiddlemanasian westerngrandrivalspitting ones enemy's against each other
Cast
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
