Yojimbo

Gen Shimizu as Magotaro Shin Ōtomo as Kumosuke Jun Ōtomo as Seibei Follower Michiko Kawa as Woman at Seibei's House Ikio Sawamura as Hansuke Yoshio Tsuchiya as Kohei Hideyo Amamoto as Yahachi Noriko Honma as Farmer's Ex-wife Shinpei Takagi as Ushitora Follower Susumu Fujita as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town Naoya Kusakawa as Seibei Follower Rinsaku Ogata as Seibei Follower Toshirō Mifune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai Yōko Tsukasa as Nui Kyū Sazanka as Ushitora Kō Nishimura as Kuma Takuzō Kumagai Daisuke Katō as Inokichi Eijirō Tōno as Gonji, Tavern Keeper Tatsuya Nakadai as Unosuke, gunfighter Ichirō Nakatani as First Samurai Jerry Fujio as Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut Kamatari Fujiwara as Tazaemon Takeshi Katō as Ronin Kobuhachi Sachio Sakai as First Foot Soldier Shōichi Hirose as Ushitora Follower Akio Kusama as Ushitora Follower Yutaka Sada as Matsukichi Takashi Shimura as Tokuemon, sake brewer Yōsuke Natsuki as Kohei's Son Atsushi Watanabe as The Cooper (Coffin-Maker) Fuminori Ōhashi as Second Samurai Senkichi Ōmura as Traveler Nadao Kirino as Seibei Follower Isuzu Yamada as Orin Seizaburō Kawazu as Seibê - brothel operator

Akira Kurosawa Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor Kazuo Miyagawa Director of Photography Yoshirō Muraki Production Design, Costume Design Tomoyuki Tanaka Executive Producer Ryuzo Kikushima Screenplay, Executive Producer Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Teruyo Nogami Script Supervisor Masanobu Deme Assistant Director