Yojimbo

Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once

110 mins
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.

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Unosuke, gunfighter

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seibê - brothel operator

Takashi Shimura

Tokuemon, sake brewer

Yōsuke Natsuki

Kohei's Son

Eijirō Tōno

Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Atsushi Watanabe

The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

Susumu Fujita

Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

Kyū Sazanka

Ushitora

Takeshi Katō

Ronin Kobuhachi

Ichirō Nakatani

First Samurai

Sachio Sakai

First Foot Soldier

Namigoro Rashomon

Kannuki the Giant

Gen Shimizu

Magotaro

Jerry Fujio

Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut

Yutaka Sada

Matsukichi

Shin Ōtomo

Kumosuke

Shōichi Hirose

Ushitora Follower

Fuminori Ōhashi

Second Samurai

Noriko Honma

Farmer's Ex-wife

Ryusuke Nishio

Seibei Follower

Naoya Kusakawa

Seibei Follower

Nadao Kirino

Seibei Follower

Shinpei Takagi

Ushitora Follower

Jun Ōtomo

Seibei Follower

Akio Kusama

Ushitora Follower

Yasuzō Ogawa

Ushitora Follower

Hiroshi Takagi

Ushitora Follower

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Seibei Follower

Ichirō Chiba

Second Foot Soldier

Haruya Sakamoto

Ushitora Follower

Rinsaku Ogata

Seibei Follower

Takeo Ogushi

Ushitora Follower

Yoko Terui

Woman at Seibei's House

Hiromi Mineoka

Woman at Seibei's House

Michiko Kawa

Woman at Seibei's House

Kazuo Miyagawa

Director of Photography

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Executive Producer

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Ryūzō Kikushima

Executive Producer

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Yoshirō Muraki

Costume Design

Reiko Kaneko

Editorial Production Assistant

Teruyo Nogami

Script Supervisor

Hiroshi Nezu

Production Supervisor

Ryū Kuze

Choreographer

Masanobu Deme

Assistant Director

Shirō Moritani

Assistant Director

Takao Saitō

First Assistant Camera

Yoshifumi Honda

Assistant Art Director

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Recordist

Chôshichirô Mikami

Sound Recordist

Ichirô Minawa

Sound Effects Editor

Chōshirō Ishii

Lighting Technician

Junjirō Yamada

Hairstylist

Kôichi Hamamura

Property Master

Daisaku Kimura

Focus Puller

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