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Toshirō Mifune
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Movie1961110 minReleasedUS NR
Yojimbo
Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once
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.
DramaThriller
Crew
Key crew roles and departments.
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Camera
Ryuzo Kikushima
Executive Producer
Production
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Sound
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Writing
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Directing
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Editing
Akira Kurosawa
Producer
Production
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Art
Yoshirō Muraki
Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up
RK
Reiko Kaneko
Editorial Production Assistant
Editing
Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor
Directing
HN
Hiroshi Nezu
Production Supervisor
Production
