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.

• Akira KurosawaDirector
• Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
• Akira KurosawaScreenplay

• Toshirō MifuneSanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
• Tatsuya NakadaiUnosuke, gunfighter
• Yōko TsukasaNui
• Isuzu YamadaOrin
• Daisuke KatōInokichi
• Seizaburō KawazuSeibê - brothel operator
• Takashi ShimuraTokuemon, sake brewer
• Hiroshi TachikawaYoichiro
• Yōsuke NatsukiKohei's Son
• Eijirō TōnoGonji, Tavern Keeper
• Kamatari FujiwaraTazaemon
• Ikio SawamuraHansuke