Genres
Duration
110 min
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Rating
8.1
Release Date
April 25, 1961
Yojimbo
Original title: 用心棒
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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.
Yojimbo cast
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Toshirō Mifune
Character:
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Character:
Unosuke, gunfighter
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Yōko Tsukasa
Character:
Nui
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Isuzu Yamada
Character:
Orin
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Daisuke Katō
Character:
Inokichi
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Seizaburō Kawazu
Character:
Seibê - brothel operator
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Takashi Shimura
Character:
Tokuemon, sake brewer
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Hiroshi Tachikawa
Character:
Yoichiro
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Yōsuke Natsuki
Character:
Kohei's Son
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Eijirō Tōno
Character:
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
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Kamatari Fujiwara
Character:
Tazaemon
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Ikio Sawamura
Character:
Hansuke
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Atsushi Watanabe
Character:
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
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Susumu Fujita
Character:
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
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Kyū Sazanka
Character:
Ushitora
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Kō Nishimura
Character:
Kuma
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Takeshi Katō
Character:
Ronin Kobuhachi
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Ichirō Nakatani
Character:
First Samurai
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Sachio Sakai
Character:
First Foot Soldier
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Akira Tani
Character:
Kame
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Namigoro Rashomon
Character:
Kannuki the Giant
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Yoshio Tsuchiya
Character:
Kohei
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Gen Shimizu
Character:
Magotaro
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Jerry Fujio
Character:
Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut
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Yutaka Sada
Character:
Matsukichi
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Shin Ōtomo
Character:
Kumosuke
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Shōichi Hirose
Character:
Ushitora Follower
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Hideyo Amamoto
Character:
Yahachi
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Shōji Ōki
Character:
Sukeju
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Fuminori Ōhashi
Character:
Second Samurai
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Hiroshi Kiyama
Character:
Farmer
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Senkichi Ōmura
Character:
Traveler
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Noriko Honma
Character:
Farmer's Ex-wife
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Ryusuke Nishio
Character:
Seibei Follower
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Naoya Kusakawa
Character:
Seibei Follower
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Nadao Kirino
Character:
Seibei Follower
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Mitsuo Tsuda
Character:
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Shinpei Takagi
Character:
Ushitora Follower
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Jun Ōtomo
Character:
Seibei Follower
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Akio Kusama
Character:
Ushitora Follower
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Yasuzō Ogawa
Character:
Ushitora Follower
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Hiroshi Takagi
Character:
Ushitora Follower
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Jun'ichirō Mukai
Character:
Seibei Follower
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Takuzō Kumagai
Character:
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Ichirō Chiba
Character:
Second Foot Soldier
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Haruya Sakamoto
Character:
Ushitora Follower
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Rinsaku Ogata
Character:
Seibei Follower
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Takeo Ogushi
Character:
Ushitora Follower
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Yoko Terui
Character:
Woman at Seibei's House
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Hiromi Mineoka
Character:
Woman at Seibei's House
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Michiko Kawa
Character:
Woman at Seibei's House
