Overview
Plot
A nameless ronin arrives in a feudal Japanese village where two rival merchants vie for control of the gambling trade. Calling himself Sanjuro Kuwabatake, he persuades both to hire him as a bodyguard and then orchestrates a gang war between them.
- Directors
- Akira Kurosawa
- Cast
- Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Seizaburō Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yōsuke Natsuki, Eijirō Tōno, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura, Atsushi Watanabe, Susumu Fujita, Kyū Sazanka, Kō Nishimura, Takeshi Katō, Ichirō Nakatani, Sachio Sakai, Akira Tani
- Country
- Japan
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Release date
- 1961-04-25
- Studios
- TOHO
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In feudal Japan, a masterless samurai wanders into a small village torn by a power struggle between silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon over the local gambling trade. Adopting the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, he convinces both rivals to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then manipulates them into a full-scale gang war.
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