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Yojimbo (1961)

Yojimbo (1961)

用心棒
NR 110 minutes JA Drama , Thriller
Seven Samurai if it Was Just One Samurai!
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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Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Unosuke, gunfighter
Daisuke Katō
Inokichi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Seibê - brothel operator
Takashi Shimura
Tokuemon, sake brewer
Yōsuke Natsuki
Kohei's Son
Eijirō Tōno
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Atsushi Watanabe
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Susumu Fujita
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Kyū Sazanka
Ushitora
Takeshi Katō
Ronin Kobuhachi
Ichirō Nakatani
First Samurai
Sachio Sakai
First Foot Soldier
Namigoro Rashomon
Kannuki the Giant
Gen Shimizu
Magotaro
Jerry Fujio
Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut

Crew

Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Yoshirō Muraki
Costume Design
Reiko Kaneko
Editorial Production Assistant
Yoshifumi Honda
Assistant Art Director
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Recordist
Takao Saitō
First Assistant Camera
Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor
Akira Kurosawa
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Ryūzō Kikushima
Screenplay