Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once
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.
- 8.1
- 1961
- Released
- 1h 50m
Toshirō Mifune
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Unosuke, gunfighter
Yōko Tsukasa
Nui
Isuzu Yamada
Orin
Daisuke Katō
Inokichi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Seibê - brothel operator
Takashi Shimura
Tokuemon, sake brewer
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoichiro
Yōsuke Natsuki
Kohei's Son
Eijirō Tōno
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Kamatari Fujiwara
Tazaemon
Ikio Sawamura
Hansuke
Atsushi Watanabe
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Susumu Fujita
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Kyū Sazanka
Ushitora
Kō Nishimura
Kuma
Takeshi Katō
Ronin Kobuhachi
Ichirō Nakatani
First Samurai
Sachio Sakai
First Foot SoldierAkira Tani
KameNamigoro Rashomon
Kannuki the Giant
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kohei
Gen Shimizu
Magotaro
Jerry Fujio
Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut
Yutaka Sada
Matsukichi
Shin Ōtomo
Kumosuke
Shōichi Hirose
Ushitora Follower
Hideyo Amamoto
YahachiShōji Ōki
Sukeju
Fuminori Ōhashi
Second SamuraiHiroshi Kiyama
Farmer
Senkichi Ōmura
Traveler
Noriko Honma
Farmer's Ex-wifeRyusuke Nishio
Seibei Follower
Naoya Kusakawa
Seibei Follower
Nadao Kirino
Seibei FollowerMitsuo Tsuda
Shinpei Takagi
Ushitora Follower
Jun Ōtomo
Seibei Follower
Akio Kusama
Ushitora FollowerYasuzō Ogawa
Ushitora FollowerHiroshi Takagi
Ushitora FollowerJun'ichirō Mukai
Seibei Follower
Takuzō Kumagai
Ichirō Chiba
Second Foot SoldierHaruya Sakamoto
Ushitora Follower
Rinsaku Ogata
Seibei FollowerTakeo Ogushi
Ushitora FollowerYoko Terui
Woman at Seibei's HouseHiromi Mineoka
Woman at Seibei's House
Michiko Kawa
Woman at Seibei's House![Yojimbo (1961) Original Trailer [4K]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nazk6Zpm_Ks/hqdefault.jpg)
Released
ja
- #japan
- #samurai
- #swordplay
- #gambling
- #sword
- #bodyguard
- #black and white
- #fighting
- #family
- #intrigue
- #ronin
- #jidaigeki
- #revolver
- #edo period
- #feudal japan
- #19th century
- #business rivalry
- #middleman
- #asian western
- #grand
- #rivals
- #pitting ones enemy's against each other
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I was surprised when I saw this, how late it was set - 19th Century - as I'd always imagined it to be of a more historical nature. That doesn't remotely detract from the story though - as again Kurosawa casts Yoshirô Mifune ("Sanjûrô") in the leading role. Here he is a wandering samurai who arrives in a village torn by strife. His skills are sought by the two opposing headmen and he quite successf
Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film YOJIMBO is a Japanese period drama where wily strategy is worth just as much as prowess with a sword. In the late Edo era (some decades before its end in 1868) a community is plagued by two opposing gangs who have built up a criminal empire of prostitution and gambling. Even the local officials are on the take. Into this town steps a nameless samurai (Toshiro Mifune). On
Great movie! Akira Kurosawa is just a master movie maker.