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
Tatsuya Nakadai
Unosuke, gunfighter
Takashi Shimura
Tokuemon, sake brewer
Kamatari Fujiwara
Tazaemon
Daisuke Katō
Inokichi
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kohei
Takeshi Katō
Ronin Kobuhachi
Kō Nishimura
Kuma
Isuzu Yamada
Orin
Eijirō Tōno
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Ichirō Nakatani
First Samurai
Yōko Tsukasa
Nui
Susumu Fujita
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Hideyo Amamoto
Yahachi
Sachio Sakai
First Foot Soldier
Yōsuke Natsuki
Kohei's Son
Gen Shimizu
Magotaro
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoichiro
Seizaburō Kawazu
Seibê - brothel operator
Kyū Sazanka
Ushitora
Ikio Sawamura
Hansuke
Takuzō Kumagai
Senkichi Ōmura
Traveler
Shōichi Hirose
Ushitora Follower
Jerry Fujio
Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut
Nadao Kirino
Seibei Follower
Yutaka Sada
Matsukichi
Naoya Kusakawa
Seibei Follower
Akio Kusama
Ushitora Follower
Rinsaku Ogata
Seibei Follower
Shin Ōtomo
Kumosuke
Michiko Kawa
Woman at Seibei's House
Fuminori Ōhashi
Second Samurai
Jun Ōtomo
Seibei Follower
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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