Movie
Yojimbo
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Yojimbo
Cast
Toshirō MifuneSanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya NakadaiUnosuke, gunfighter
Yōko TsukasaNui
Isuzu YamadaOrin
Daisuke KatōInokichi
Seizaburō KawazuSeibê - brothel operator
Takashi ShimuraTokuemon, sake brewer
Hiroshi TachikawaYoichiroCredits
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 用心棒
- Collection
- Sanjuro Collection
Production
TOHOJapan
