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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  Akira Kurosawa
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  Teruyo Nogami
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  Masanobu Deme
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  Shirō Moritani

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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
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  Kamatari Fujiwara
  Tazaemon
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  Ikio Sawamura
  Hansuke
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  Atsushi Watanabe
  The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
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  Susumu Fujita
  Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
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  Kyū Sazanka
  Ushitora
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  Kō Nishimura
  Kuma
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  Takeshi Katō
  Ronin Kobuhachi
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  Ichirō Nakatani
  First Samurai
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  Sachio Sakai
  First Foot Soldier
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  Akira Tani
  Kame