Yojimbo
用心棒
Release: 1961-04-25
·Runtime: 110m
·★ 8.1
Drama
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Michiko Kawa
as Woman at Seibei's House
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Tazaemon
Ikio Sawamura
as Hansuke
Susumu Fujita
as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Gen Shimizu
as Magotaro
Shin Ōtomo
as Kumosuke
Nadao Kirino
as Seibei Follower
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Kohei's Son
Hideyo Amamoto
as Yahachi
Naoya Kusakawa
as Seibei Follower
Eijirō Tōno
as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Unosuke, gunfighter
Isuzu Yamada
as Orin
Ichirō Nakatani
as First Samurai
Jerry Fujio
as Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut
Jun Ōtomo
as Seibei Follower
Kō Nishimura
as Kuma
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Kohei
Yutaka Sada
as Matsukichi
Akio Kusama
as Ushitora Follower
Toshirō Mifune
as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Daisuke Katō
as Inokichi
Seizaburō Kawazu
as Seibê - brothel operator
Kyū Sazanka
as Ushitora
Takeshi Katō
as Ronin Kobuhachi
Sachio Sakai
as First Foot Soldier
Shōichi Hirose
as Ushitora Follower
Noriko Honma
as Farmer's Ex-wife
Yōko Tsukasa
as Nui
Takashi Shimura
as Tokuemon, sake brewer
Atsushi Watanabe
as The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Senkichi Ōmura
as Traveler
Takuzō Kumagai
Rinsaku Ogata
as Seibei Follower
Fuminori Ōhashi
as Second Samurai
Shinpei Takagi
as Ushitora Follower
Crew
Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design, Costume Design
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Masanobu Deme
Assistant Director