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Yojimbo 1961 Directed by Akira Kurosawa 用心棒

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Drama , Thriller
Production Company TOHO
Release Date 25 April 1961
110 mins
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
Crew
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Writers
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Ryuzo Kikushima
Ryuzo Kikushima
Producers
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Hiroshi Nezu
Hiroshi Nezu
Executive Producers
Ryuzo Kikushima
Ryuzo Kikushima
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cinematography
Kazuo Miyagawa
Kazuo Miyagawa
Composer
Masaru Satō
Masaru Satō
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Yoshirō Muraki
Sound
Ichirô Minawa
Ichirô Minawa
Masanobu Miyazaki
Masanobu Miyazaki
Costume Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Yoshirō Muraki
Hairstylists
Yoshiko Matsumoto
Yoshiko Matsumoto
Junjirō Yamada
Junjirō Yamada
Script Supervisor
Teruyo Nogami
Teruyo Nogami
Lighting
Chōshirō Ishii
Chōshirō Ishii
Assistant Directors
Masanobu Deme
Masanobu Deme
Shirō Moritani
Shirō Moritani
Part of Sanjuro Collection
Sanjuro