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.
Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
Camera | Kazuo Miyagawa | Director of Photography |
Writing | Ryūzō Kikushima | Screenplay |
Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
Production | Akira Kurosawa | Producer |
Production | Ryūzō Kikushima | Executive Producer |
Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
Editing | Reiko Kaneko | Editorial Production Assistant |
Costume & Make-Up | Yoshirō Muraki | Costume Design |
Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Production Design |
Directing | Teruyo Nogami | Script Supervisor |
Directing | Masanobu Deme | Assistant Director |
Production | Hiroshi Nezu | Production Supervisor |
Directing | Shirō Moritani | Assistant Director |
Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
Crew | Chôshichirô Mikami | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Masanobu Miyazaki | Sound Mixer |
Crew | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Recordist |
Lighting | Chōshirō Ishii | Lighting Technician |
Camera | Takao Saitō | First Assistant Camera |
Crew | Ryū Kuze | Choreographer |
Art | Yoshifumi Honda | Assistant Art Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Yoshiko Matsumoto | Hairstylist |
Costume & Make-Up | Junjirō Yamada | Hairstylist |
Camera | Daisaku Kimura | Focus Puller |
Art | Kôichi Hamamura | Property Master |