
Release Date
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Original Release
April 25, 1961
1h 50m
Yojimbo (1961)
â 8.1110 min
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.
Director

Akira Kurosawa
Department: Directing
âPopularity: 4.1
Cast

ToshirÅ Mifune
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
â3.1

Tatsuya Nakadai
Unosuke, gunfighter
â2.1

YÅko Tsukasa
Nui
â0.9

Isuzu Yamada
Orin
â1.0

Daisuke KatÅ
Inokichi
â2.4

SeizaburÅ Kawazu
Seibê - brothel operator
â0.9

Takashi Shimura
Tokuemon, sake brewer
â2.3

Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoichiro
â0.7

YÅsuke Natsuki
Kohei's Son
â0.8

EijirÅ TÅno
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
â1.5
Genres
DramaThriller
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