Yojimbo

Classic Japanese action drama directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshir� Mifune, Eijir� T�no and Tatsuya Nakadai. Wandering samurai Sanjuro Kuwabatake (Mifune) arrives in a rural town in 19th-century Japan to find it trapped under the competing influences of two rival gangs. Sanjuro becomes determined to free the town from the oppressive grip of the gangsters by playing them against one another. But his plan is complicated by the intervention of a son of one of the gang bosses who forces Sanjuro to retreat and recover before preparing for a final standoff.

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: Ryûzô Kikushima
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Writer: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Ryûzô Kikushima
Music: Masaru Satô
Actor: Toshirô Mifune
Actor: Eijirô Tôno
Actor: Seizaburô Kawazu
Actor: Isuzu Yamada
Actor: Hiroshi Tachikawa
Actor: Susumu Fukita
Actor: Tatsuya Nakadai
Actor: Daisuke Katô
Actor: Kamatari Fujiwara
Producer: Akira Kurosawa
Cinematographer: Kazuo Miyagawa
Actor: Yôko Tsukasa