Yojimbo

Yojimbo (1961)

Seven Samurai if it Was Just One Samurai!

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Summary

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.

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    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