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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.
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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
Kamatari Fujiwara
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Ikio Sawamura
Hansuke
Atsushi Watanabe
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Susumu Fujita
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Kyū Sazanka
Ushitora
Kō Nishimura
Kuma
Takeshi Katō
Ronin Kobuhachi
Ichirō Nakatani
First Samurai
Sachio Sakai
First Foot Soldier
Akira Tani
Kame
Namigoro Rashomon
Kannuki the Giant
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kohei
Gen Shimizu
Magotaro
Jerry Fujio
Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut
Yutaka Sada
Matsukichi
Shin Ōtomo
Kumosuke
Shōichi Hirose
Ushitora Follower
Hideyo Amamoto
Yahachi
Shōji Ōki
Sukeju
Fuminori Ōhashi
Second Samurai
Hiroshi Kiyama
Farmer
Senkichi Ōmura
Traveler
Noriko Honma
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Ryusuke Nishio
Seibei Follower
Naoya Kusakawa
Seibei Follower
Nadao Kirino
Seibei Follower
Mitsuo Tsuda
Shinpei Takagi
Ushitora Follower
Jun Ōtomo
Seibei Follower
Akio Kusama
Ushitora Follower
Yasuzō Ogawa
Ushitora Follower
Hiroshi Takagi
Ushitora Follower
Jun'ichirō Mukai
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Takuzō Kumagai
Ichirō Chiba
Second Foot Soldier
Haruya Sakamoto
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Yoko Terui
Woman at Seibei's House
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Woman at Seibei's House
Michiko Kawa
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Great movie! Akira Kurosawa is just a master movie maker.
Read full review →Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film YOJIMBO is a Japanese period drama where wily strategy is worth just as much as prowess with a sword. In the late Edo era (some decades before its end in 1868) a community is plagued by two opposing gangs who have built up a criminal empire of prostitution and gambling. Even the local officials are on the take. Into this town steps a nameless samurai (Toshiro Mifune). Once they get a taste of his swordsmanship, both sides want to hire him, but he decides to play them off against each other and free the innocent citizens from this evil. In past films Kurosawa had t…
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I was surprised when I saw this, how late it was set - 19th Century - as I'd always imagined it to be of a more historical nature. That doesn't remotely detract from the story though - as again Kurosawa casts Yoshirô Mifune ("Sanjûrô") in the leading role. Here he is a wandering samurai who arrives in a village torn by strife. His skills are sought by the two opposing headmen and he quite successfully manages to play them off against each other - and keep the peace - until one the their sons arrives, armed with a pistol, and completely alters the balance of power. Mifune is superb as the maver…
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