Yojimbo

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Toshirō Mifune Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai Unosuke, gunfighter

Yōko Tsukasa Nui

Isuzu Yamada Orin

Daisuke Katō Inokichi