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Yojimbo

Poster for Yojimbo
Released
24 Apr 1961
Runtime
110 min
Japanese title
用心棒
Yôjinbô
Bodyguard
Series
No. 1
Yojimbo Series
  1. Yojimbo (1961)
  2. Sanjuro (1962)

Followed by Sanjuro (1962)
Studio
Toho Co., Ltd., Kurosawa Productions
Staff
Director
Producer
Tanaka Tomoyuki
Kikushima Ryûzô
Screenplay
Kikushima Ryûzô
Kurosawa Akira
Photography
Miyagawa Kazuo
Art
Muraki Yoshirô
Sound
Mikami Chôshichirô
Shimonaga Hisashi
Lighting
Ishii Chôshirô
Music
Assistant Director
Moritani Shirô
Swordmaster
Kuze Ryû
Credits
製作Producer
田中友幸Tanaka Tomoyuki
菊島隆三Kikushima Ryûzô
脚本Screenplay
菊島隆三Kikushima Ryûzô
黒澤明Kurosawa Akira
撮影Photography
宮川一夫 (大映)Miyagawa Kazuo (Daiei)
美術Art
村木与四郎Muraki Yoshirô
録音Recording
三上長七郎Mikami Chôshichirô
下永尚Shimonaga Hisashi
照明Lighting
石井長四郎Ishii Chôshirô
音楽Music
佐藤勝Satô Masaru
監督助手Assistant Director
森谷司郎Moritani Shirô
剣技指導Swordsmanship Instruction
杉野嘉男Sugino Yoshio
現像Developing
キヌタ・ラボラトリーKinuta Laboratory
製作担当者Production Manager
根津博Nezu Hiroshi
出演者Performers
三船敏郎Mifune Toshirô
仲代達矢Nakadai Tatsuya
司葉子Tsukasa Yôko
山田五十鈴Yamada Isuzu
加東大介Katô Daisuke
河津清三郎Kawazu Seizaburô
志村喬Shimura Takashi
太刀川寛Tachikawa Hiroshi
夏木陽介Natsuki Yôsuke
東野英治郎Tôno Eijirô
藤原釜足Fujiwara Kamatari
沢村いき雄Sawamura Ikio
渡辺篤Watanabe Atsushi
藤田進Fujita Susumu
山茶花究Sazanka Kyû
西村晃Nishimura Kô
加藤武Katô Takeshi
中谷一郎Nakatani Ichirô
堺左千夫Sakai Sachio
谷晃Tani Akira
羅生門綱五郎Rashômon Tsunagôrô
土屋嘉男Tsuchiya Yoshio
清水元Shimizu Gen
ジェリー藤尾Jerry Fujio
佐田豊Sada Yutaka
大友伸Ôtomo Shin
広瀬正一Hirose Shôichi
天本英世Amamoto Hideyo
大木正司Ôki Shôji
大橋史典Ôhashi Fuminori
寄山弘Kiyama Hiroshi
大村千吉Ômura Senkichi
本間文子Honma Noriko
西条竜介Saijô Ryûsuke
草川直也Kusakawa Naoya
桐野洋雄Kirino Nadao
津田光男Tsuda Mitsuo
高木新平Takagi Shinpei
大友純Ôtomo Jun
草間璋夫Kusama Akio
小川安三Ogawa Yasuzô
高木弘Takagi Hiroshi
向井淳一郎Mukai Jun’ichirô
熊谷二良Kumagai Jirô
千葉一郎Chiba Ichirô
坂本晴哉Sakamoto Haruya
緒方燐作Ogata Rinsaku
小串文夫Kogushi Fumio
照井洋子Terui Yôko
峯丘ひろみMineoka Hiromi
河美智子Kawa Michiko
剣技Swordmaster
久世竜Kuze Ryû
振付Choreography
金須宏Kinsu Hiroshi
監督Director
黒澤明Kurosawa Akira
Cast

Top billed

Nakadai Tatsuya
Unosuke
Nakadai Tatsuya
Yamada Isuzu
Orin
Yamada Isuzu
Watanabe Atsushi
Coffin Merchant
Watanabe Atsushi
Sazanka Kyû
Ushitora
Sazanka Kyû
Nishimura Kô
Ushitora Informant
Nishimura Kô
Katô Takeshi
Ushitora Informant
Katô Takeshi
Rashômon Tsunagorô
Ushitora Enforcer
Rashômon Tsunagorô
Jerry Fujio
Ushitora Underling
Jerry Fujio
Ôhashi Fuminori
Ushitora Underling
Ôhashi Fuminori
Kiyama Hiroshi
Farmer
Kiyama Hiroshi
Honma Noriko
Farmer's Wife
Honma Noriko
Chiba Ichirô
Corrupt Official
Chiba Ichirô

Supporting

Home Video

DVD

Yojimbo
Criterion Collection · 1999
Yojimbo
Criterion Collection · 2007
  • Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
  • "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary
Yojimbo / Sanjuro: Two Samurai Films By Akira Kurosawa
Criterion Collection · 2007
With Sanjuro (1962)
  • Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
  • "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa
Criterion Collection · 2009
Box set · 25 films

Blu-ray

Yojimbo / Sanjuro
Criterion Collection · 2010
With Sanjuro (1962)
  • Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
  • "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary

4K

Yojimbo / Sanjuro: Two Samurai Films by Akira Kurosawa
Criterion Collection · 2025
With Sanjuro (1962)
  • Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
  • "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary