Watch NowYojimbo (1961)
PG
09/11/1967 (GB)
Drama, Thriller
1h 50m
- 81% (1562 votes)
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Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once
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.
- Akira KurosawaDirector, Screenplay
- Ryūzō KikushimaScreenplay
Original Title
用心棒
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
- 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
- rivals
- pitting ones enemy's against each other
Top Billed Cast
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
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