Yojimbo
Yojimbo
Yojimbo is a 1961 Japan Drama, Thriller It stars Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada. 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
- Country: Japan
- Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Seizaburō Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yōsuke Natsuki, Eijirō Tōno, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura, Atsushi Watanabe, Susumu Fujita, Kyū Sazanka