Yojimbo

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.

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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

Takeshi Katō

Ronin Kobuhachi

Ichirō Nakatani

First Samurai

Sachio Sakai

First Foot Soldier

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Akira Tani

Kame

Crew

Art

• Yoshirō Muraki Production Design
• Yoshifumi Honda Assistant Art Director
• Kôichi Hamamura Property Master

Camera

• Kazuo Miyagawa Director of Photography
• Takao Saitō First Assistant Camera
• Daisaku Kimura Focus Puller

Costume & Make-Up

• Yoshirō Muraki Costume Design
• Yoshiko Matsumoto Hairstylist
• Junjirō Yamada Hairstylist

Crew

• Ryū Kuze Choreographer

Directing

• Akira Kurosawa Director
• Teruyo Nogami Script Supervisor
• Shirō Moritani Assistant Director
• Masanobu Deme Assistant Director

Editing

• Akira Kurosawa Editor
• Reiko Kaneko Editorial Production Assistant

Lighting

• Chōshirō Ishii Lighting Technician

Production

• Ryuzo Kikushima Executive Producer
• Tomoyuki Tanaka Executive Producer
• Akira Kurosawa Producer
• Hiroshi Nezu Production Supervisor

Sound

• Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
• Ichirô Minawa Sound Effects Editor
• Masanobu Miyazaki Sound Mixer
• Chôshichirô Mikami Sound Recordist
• Hisashi Shimonaga Sound Recordist

Writing

• Ryuzo Kikushima Screenplay
• Akira Kurosawa Screenplay

Photos