Yojimbo

Yojimbo

1961

Movie Information

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.

Release Date

April 25, 1961

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Runtime

1h 50m

Cast

Toshirō MifuneTatsuya NakadaiYōko TsukasaIsuzu YamadaDaisuke KatōSeizaburō KawazuTakashi ShimuraHiroshi TachikawaYōsuke NatsukiEijirō Tōno

Production

TOHO

Genres

DramaThriller

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