Drama Thriller
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.
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirō Mifune
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Takashi Shimura
Tokuemon, sake brewer
Tatsuya Nakadai
Unosuke, gunfighter
Yōko Tsukasa
Nui
Hideyo Amamoto
Yahachi
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kohei
Takeshi Katō
Ronin Kobuhachi
Daisuke Katō
Inokichi
Kō Nishimura
Kuma
Kamatari Fujiwara
Tazaemon
Isuzu Yamada
Orin
Yōsuke Natsuki
Kohei's Son
Sachio Sakai
First Foot Soldier
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoichiro
Susumu Fujita
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Eijirō Tōno
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Gen Shimizu
Magotaro
Seizaburō Kawazu
Seibê - brothel operator
Shōichi Hirose
Ushitora Follower
Yutaka Sada
Matsukichi
Ichirō Nakatani
First Samurai
Ikio Sawamura
Hansuke
Senkichi Ōmura
Traveler
Nadao Kirino
Seibei Follower
Takuzō Kumagai
Kyū Sazanka
Ushitora
Akio Kusama
Ushitora Follower
Jerry Fujio
Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut
Naoya Kusakawa
Seibei Follower
Rinsaku Ogata
Seibei Follower
Shin Ōtomo
Kumosuke
Fuminori Ōhashi
Second Samurai
Jun Ōtomo
Seibei Follower
Michiko Kawa
Woman at Seibei's House
Shinpei Takagi
Ushitora Follower
Atsushi Watanabe
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Akira Tani
Kame
Namigoro Rashomon
Kannuki the Giant
Shōji Ōki
Sukeju
Hiroshi Kiyama
Farmer
Noriko Honma
Farmer's Ex-wife
Ryusuke Nishio
Seibei Follower
Mitsuo Tsuda
Yasuzō Ogawa
Ushitora Follower
Hiroshi Takagi
Ushitora Follower
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Seibei Follower
Ichirō Chiba
Second Foot Soldier
Haruya Sakamoto
Ushitora Follower
Takeo Ogushi
Ushitora Follower
Yoko Terui
Woman at Seibei's House
Hiromi Mineoka
Woman at Seibei's House
Ryū Kuze

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