Title: Yojimbo (用心棒)
Release Date: 1961-04-25
IMDB ID: tt0055630
Vote Average: 8.087 (1653 votes)
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.
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),
Crew: Akira Kurosawa (Director), Kazuo Miyagawa (Director of Photography), Ryuzo Kikushima (Executive Producer), Masaru Satō (Original Music Composer), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Executive Producer), Reiko Kaneko (Editorial Production Assistant),
Release Date: 1961-04-25
IMDB ID: tt0055630
Vote Average: 8.087 (1653 votes)
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.
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),
Crew: Akira Kurosawa (Director), Kazuo Miyagawa (Director of Photography), Ryuzo Kikushima (Executive Producer), Masaru Satō (Original Music Composer), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Executive Producer), Reiko Kaneko (Editorial Production Assistant),