Yojimbo

Apr 25, 1961

1h 50m

★ 8.1

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

TOHO

Yojimbo Trailers

Cast

Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Toshirō Mifune

Unosuke, gunfighter

Tatsuya Nakadai

Nui

Yōko Tsukasa

Orin

Isuzu Yamada

Inokichi

Daisuke Katō

Seibê - brothel operator

Seizaburō Kawazu

Tokuemon, sake brewer

Takashi Shimura

Yoichiro

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Kohei's Son

Yōsuke Natsuki

Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Eijirō Tōno

Tazaemon

Kamatari Fujiwara

Hansuke

Ikio Sawamura

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