Yojimbo

1961 · 1h50 · Film

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Starring Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, 山田五十鈴, Daisuke Katō, 河津清三郎, Takashi Shimura, 太刀川寛, 夏木陽介, Eijirō Tōno

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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.

Updated July 22, 2026

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