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Yojimbo

Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once

8.119611h 50mReleased1,725 votes

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
Country:
Japan
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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

  • 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

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