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Yojimbo
Yojimbo

Yojimbo

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

Genres

DramaThriller

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

8.094/10

Release Date

25 April 1961

Country

Japan

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Unosuke, gunfighter

Yōko Tsukasa

Yōko Tsukasa

Nui

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

Orin

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Inokichi

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seibê - brothel operator

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Tokuemon, sake brewer

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Yoichiro

Yōsuke Natsuki

Yōsuke Natsuki

Kohei's Son

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Tazaemon

Ikio Sawamura

Ikio Sawamura

Hansuke

Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabe

The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Ushitora

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Kuma

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Ronin Kobuhachi

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

First Samurai

Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakai

First Foot Soldier

Akira Tani

Akira Tani

Kame

Namigoro Rashomon

Namigoro Rashomon

Kannuki the Giant

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Kohei

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Magotaro

Jerry Fujio

Jerry Fujio

Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut

Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Matsukichi

Shin Ōtomo

Shin Ōtomo

Kumosuke

Shōichi Hirose

Shōichi Hirose

Ushitora Follower

Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

Yahachi

Shōji Ōki

Shōji Ōki

Sukeju

Fuminori Ōhashi

Fuminori Ōhashi

Second Samurai

Hiroshi Kiyama

Hiroshi Kiyama

Farmer

Senkichi Ōmura

Senkichi Ōmura

Traveler

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Farmer's Ex-wife

Ryusuke Nishio

Ryusuke Nishio

Seibei Follower

Naoya Kusakawa

Naoya Kusakawa

Seibei Follower

Nadao Kirino

Nadao Kirino

Seibei Follower

Mitsuo Tsuda

Mitsuo Tsuda

Shinpei Takagi

Shinpei Takagi

Ushitora Follower

Jun Ōtomo

Jun Ōtomo

Seibei Follower

Akio Kusama

Akio Kusama

Ushitora Follower

Yasuzō Ogawa

Yasuzō Ogawa

Ushitora Follower

Hiroshi Takagi

Hiroshi Takagi

Ushitora Follower

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Seibei Follower

Takuzō Kumagai

Takuzō Kumagai

Ichirō Chiba

Ichirō Chiba

Second Foot Soldier

Haruya Sakamoto

Haruya Sakamoto

Ushitora Follower

Rinsaku Ogata

Rinsaku Ogata

Seibei Follower

Takeo Ogushi

Takeo Ogushi

Ushitora Follower

Yoko Terui

Yoko Terui

Woman at Seibei's House

Hiromi Mineoka

Hiromi Mineoka

Woman at Seibei's House

Michiko Kawa

Michiko Kawa

Woman at Seibei's House

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