Film · Drama, Thriller
Yojimbo (1961)
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
- Writers
- Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- April 25, 1961
- Original title
- 用心棒
Cast
Toshirō MifuneSanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya NakadaiUnosuke, gunfighter
Yōko TsukasaNui
Isuzu YamadaOrin
Daisuke KatōInokichi
Seizaburō KawazuSeibê - brothel operator
Takashi ShimuraTokuemon, sake brewer
Hiroshi TachikawaYoichiro
Yōsuke NatsukiKohei's Son
Eijirō TōnoGonji, Tavern Keeper
Kamatari FujiwaraTazaemon
Ikio SawamuraHansuke
Atsushi WatanabeThe Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Susumu FujitaHomma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Kyū SazankaUshitora
Kō NishimuraKuma
Takeshi KatōRonin Kobuhachi
Ichirō NakataniFirst Samurai
Sachio SakaiFirst Foot Soldier- Akira TaniKame
