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Yojimbo
Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once
Genres
DramaThriller
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
$0
Runtime
110 min
Release Date
1961-04-25
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
1546
Vote Average
8.098
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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
Sachio Sakai
First Foot Soldier
Akira Tani
Kame
Namigoro Rashomon
Kannuki the Giant
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kohei
Gen Shimizu
Magotaro
Jerry Fujio
Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut
Yutaka Sada
Matsukichi
Shin Ōtomo
Kumosuke
Shōichi Hirose
Ushitora Follower
Hideyo Amamoto
Yahachi
Shōji Ōki
Sukeju
Fuminori Ōhashi
Second Samurai
Hiroshi Kiyama
Farmer
Senkichi Ōmura
Traveler
Noriko Honma
Farmer's Ex-wife
Ryusuke Nishio
Seibei Follower
Naoya Kusakawa
Seibei Follower
Nadao Kirino
Seibei Follower
Mitsuo Tsuda
Shinpei Takagi
Ushitora Follower
Jun Ōtomo
Seibei Follower
Akio Kusama
Ushitora Follower
Yasuzō Ogawa
Ushitora Follower
Hiroshi Takagi
Ushitora Follower
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Seibei Follower
Takuzō Kumagai
Ichirō Chiba
Second Foot Soldier
Haruya Sakamoto
Ushitora Follower
Rinsaku Ogata
Seibei Follower
Takeo Ogushi
Ushitora Follower
Yoko Terui
Woman at Seibei's House
Hiromi Mineoka
Woman at Seibei's House
Michiko Kawa
Woman at Seibei's House
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