Yojimbo (1961)

Details

Original Title: 用心棒

Release Date: April 25, 1961

Runtime: 110 minutes

Budget: $0.0

Revenue: $0.0

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.

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TMDB Popularity: 5.49

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Unosuke, gunfighter

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seibê - brothel operator

Takashi Shimura

Tokuemon, sake brewer

Eijirō Tōno

Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Atsushi Watanabe

The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

Susumu Fujita

Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

Takeshi Katō

Ronin Kobuhachi

Ichirō Nakatani

First Samurai

Sachio Sakai

First Foot Soldier

Jerry Fujio

Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut

Yutaka Sada

Matsukichi

Shōichi Hirose

Ushitora Follower

Fuminori Ōhashi

Second Samurai

Noriko Honma

Farmer's Ex-wife

Naoya Kusakawa

Seibei Follower

Nadao Kirino

Seibei Follower

Shinpei Takagi

Ushitora Follower

Jun Ōtomo

Seibei Follower

Akio Kusama

Ushitora Follower

Rinsaku Ogata

Seibei Follower

Crew

Ryuzo Kikushima

Executive Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Executive Producer

Yoshirō Muraki

Costume Design

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Masanobu Deme

Assistant Director

Teruyo Nogami

Script Supervisor

Kazuo Miyagawa

Director of Photography

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