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Yojimbo (1961)

NR ★ 8.1/10 110 min Drama, Thriller Japan Japanese
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Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once

Description

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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Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai Unosuke, gunfighter
Yōko Tsukasa
Yōko Tsukasa Nui
Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada Orin
Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō Inokichi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Seizaburō Kawazu Seibê - brothel operator
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura Tokuemon, sake brewer
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Hiroshi Tachikawa Yoichiro

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