---
title: 'Yojimbo (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Akira Kurosawa'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/yojimbo-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Yojimbo (1961)

1961 · 110 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 用心棒

## Synopsis

Yojimbo  is a 1961 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers. The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, and Atsushi Watanabe. In the film, a rōnin arrives in a small town where competing crime lords fight for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the newcomer as a bodyguard.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Editor:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)
- **Producer:** [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Takao Saito](https://cinepixo.com/people/takao-saito), [Kazuo Miyagawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuo-miyagawa)

## Cast

- [Kyū Sazanka](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyu-sazanka)
- [Isuzu Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/isuzu-yamada)
- [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-nakadai)
- [Yoshio Tsuchiya](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-tsuchiya)
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)
- [Kamatari Fujiwara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamatari-fujiwara)
- [Hiroshi Tachikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-tachikawa)
- [Susumu Fujita](https://cinepixo.com/people/susumu-fujita)
- [Daisuke Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisuke-kato)
- [Yōko Tsukasa](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoko-tsukasa)
- [Eijirō Tōno](https://cinepixo.com/people/eijiro-tono)
- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/yojimbo-1961
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