Yojimbo (1961)

Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once

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 (51)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Takeshi Katō

Ronin Kobuhachi

Ichirō Nakatani

First Samurai

Sachio Sakai

First Foot Soldier

A

Akira Tani

Kame

N

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

S

Shōji Ōki

Sukeju

Fuminori Ōhashi

Second Samurai

H

Hiroshi Kiyama

Farmer

Senkichi Ōmura

Traveler

Noriko Honma

Farmer's Ex-wife

R

Ryusuke Nishio

Seibei Follower

Naoya Kusakawa

Seibei Follower

Nadao Kirino

Seibei Follower

M

Mitsuo Tsuda

Shinpei Takagi

Ushitora Follower

Jun Ōtomo

Seibei Follower

Akio Kusama

Ushitora Follower

Y

Yasuzō Ogawa

Ushitora Follower

H

Hiroshi Takagi

Ushitora Follower

J

Jun'ichirō Mukai

Seibei Follower

Takuzō Kumagai

I

Ichirō Chiba

Second Foot Soldier

H

Haruya Sakamoto

Ushitora Follower

Rinsaku Ogata

Seibei Follower

T

Takeo Ogushi

Ushitora Follower

Y

Yoko Terui

Woman at Seibei's House

H

Hiromi Mineoka

Woman at Seibei's House

Michiko Kawa

Woman at Seibei's House

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