Yojimbo

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.

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  Toshirō Mifune

  Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
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  Tatsuya Nakadai

  Unosuke, gunfighter
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  Yōko Tsukasa

  Nui
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  Isuzu Yamada

  Orin
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  Daisuke Katō

  Inokichi
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  Seizaburō Kawazu

  Seibê - brothel operator
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  Takashi Shimura

  Tokuemon, sake brewer
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  Hiroshi Tachikawa

  Yoichiro
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  Yōsuke Natsuki

  Kohei's Son
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  Eijirō Tōno

  Gonji, Tavern Keeper