Yojimbo

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.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Seizaburō Kawazu

Crew: Akira Kurosawa (Director), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Ryūzō Kikushima (Screenplay), Ryūzō Kikushima (Executive Producer), Akira Kurosawa (Producer), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Executive Producer)

Country: Japan

Language: 日本語

Studio: TOHO

Runtime: 110 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Apr 25, 1961

IMDb: 2.904

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

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