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Yojimbo(1961)
Status: Released
Date: 1961-04-25
81%
1514 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Yojimbo
Top 10 Billed Cast
三船敏郎
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
仲代達矢
Unosuke, gunfighter
司葉子
Nui
山田五十鈴
Orin
加東大介
Inokichi
河津清三郎
Seibê - brothel operator
志村喬
Tokuemon, sake brewer
太刀川寛
Yoichiro
夏木陽介
Kohei's Son
東野英治郎
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
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