FILM

Yojimbo (1961)

Name: Yojimbo
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1961-04-25
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō

Film · 1961 · 110 min · NR · Drama · Thriller

Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once

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.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Starring Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Seizaburō Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, Hiroshi Tachikawa

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas	13 September 1961
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	1 January 1999
First release anywhere	25 April 1961

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