Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once
Yojimbo
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YOJIMBO Trailer (1961) - The Criterion Collection · plays on YouTube
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written by
- Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa
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
Kamatari Fujiwara
Tazaemon
Ikio Sawamura
Hansuke
Atsushi Watanabe
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Susumu Fujita
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Kyū Sazanka
Ushitora
Kō Nishimura
Kuma
Details
- Released
- April 25, 1961
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- JA
- Original title
- 用心棒
- Country
- Japan
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