Overview - Yojimbo

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • Thriller

Runtime: 110 minutes

Homepage: Yojimbo

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

Revenue data not disclosed

Spoken Languages

  • 日本語

Production companies

  • Name: TOHO

    Production country Japan

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Name: Toshirō Mifune

    Character: Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

    Popularity: 1.7165

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  • Name: Tatsuya Nakadai

    Character: Unosuke, gunfighter

    Popularity: 1.4627

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  • Name: Yōko Tsukasa

    Character: Nui

    Popularity: 0.9645

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  • Name: Isuzu Yamada

    Character: Orin

    Popularity: 0.8175

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  • Name: Daisuke Katō

    Character: Inokichi

    Popularity: 0.5534

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  • Name: Seizaburō Kawazu

    Character: Seibê - brothel operator

    Popularity: 0.6572

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  • Name: Takashi Shimura

    Character: Tokuemon, sake brewer

    Popularity: 1.4001

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  • Name: Hiroshi Tachikawa

    Character: Yoichiro

    Popularity: 0.7699

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