Yojimbo Poster

Yojimbo

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

Starring: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō

Writer: Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima

Release Date:
April 25, 1961
Ratings:
8.1 / 10
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Companies:
TOHO

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.