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.
Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Seizaburō Kawazu
Crew: Kazuo Miyagawa (Director of Photography), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Executive Producer), Masaru Satō (Original Music Composer), Ryūzō Kikushima (Screenplay), Ryūzō Kikushima (Executive Producer), Akira Kurosawa (Director)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: TOHO
Runtime: 110 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 25, 1961
IMDb: 2.9
Keywords:japan, samurai, swordplay, gambling, sword, bodyguard, black and white, fighting, family, intrigue, ronin, criterion, jidaigeki, revolver, edo period, feudal japan, 19th century, asian western
