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Yojimbo

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.

1961 |1h 50m |  Drama, Thriller

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Cast

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Toshirō Mifune

Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

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Tatsuya Nakadai

Unosuke, gunfighter

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Yōko Tsukasa

Nui

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Isuzu Yamada

Orin

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Daisuke Katō

Inokichi

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Seizaburō Kawazu

Seibê - brothel operator

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Takashi Shimura

Tokuemon, sake brewer

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Hiroshi Tachikawa

Yoichiro

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Yōsuke Natsuki

Kohei's Son

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Eijirō Tōno

Gonji, Tavern Keeper

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Kamatari Fujiwara

Tazaemon

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Ikio Sawamura

Hansuke

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Atsushi Watanabe

The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

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Susumu Fujita

Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

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Kyū Sazanka

Ushitora

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Kō Nishimura

Kuma

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Takeshi Katō

Ronin Kobuhachi

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Ichirō Nakatani

First Samurai

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Sachio Sakai

First Foot Soldier

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Akira Tani

Kame

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Yoshio Tsuchiya

Kohei

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Gen Shimizu

Magotaro

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Jerry Fujio

Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut

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Yutaka Sada

Matsukichi

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Shin Ōtomo

Kumosuke

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Shōichi Hirose

Ushitora Follower

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Hideyo Amamoto

Yahachi

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Fuminori Ōhashi

Second Samurai

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Senkichi Ōmura

Traveler

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Noriko Honma

Farmer's Ex-wife

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Naoya Kusakawa

Seibei Follower

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Nadao Kirino

Seibei Follower

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Shinpei Takagi

Ushitora Follower

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Jun Ōtomo

Seibei Follower

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Akio Kusama

Ushitora Follower

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Ichirō Chiba

Second Foot Soldier

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Rinsaku Ogata

Seibei Follower

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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