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| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai | |
| Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Unosuke, gunfighter | |
| Yôko Tsukasa | ... | Nui | |
| Isuzu Yamada | ... | Orin | |
| Daisuke Katô | ... | Inokichi, Ushitora's rotund brother | |
| Seizaburô Kawazu | ... | Seibei, brothel operator | |
| Takashi Shimura | ... | Tokuemon, sake brewer | |
| Hiroshi Tachikawa | ... | Yoichiro | |
| Yosuke Natsuki | ... | Kohei's Son | |
| Eijirô Tôno | ... | Gonji, tavern keeper | |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | ... | Tazaemon | |
| Ikio Sawamura | ... | Hansuke | |
| Atsushi Watanabe | ... | The Cooper (Coffin-Maker) | |
| Susumu Fujita | ... | Homma, instructor who skips town | |
| Kyu Sazanka | ... | Ushitora | |
| Kô Nishimura | ... | Kuma | |
| Takeshi Katô | ... | Ronin Kobuhachi | |
| Ichirô Nakaya | ... | First Samurai | |
| Sachio Sakai | ... | First Foot Soldier | |
| Akira Tani | ... | Kame | |
| Namigoro Rashomon | ... | Kannuki the giant | |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Kohei | |
| Gen Shimizu | ... | Magotaro | |
| Yutaka Sada | ... | Matsukichi | |
| Shin Otomo | ... | Kumosuke | |
| Shoichi Hirose | ... | Ushitora Follower | |
| Eisei Amamoto | ... | Yahachi | |
| Shôji Oki | ... | Sukeju | |
| Fuminori Ohashi | ... | Second Samurai | |
| Hiroshi Yoseyama | ... | Farmer | |
| Senkichi Omura | ... | Traveler | |
| Fumiko Honma | ... | Farmer's ex-wife | |
| Ryusuke Nishio | ... | Seibei Follower | |
| Naoya Kusakawa | ... | Seibei Follower | |
| Nadao Kirino | ... | Seibei Follower | |
| Jun Otomo | ... | Seibei Follower | |
| Shinpei Takagi | ... | Ushitora Follower | |
| Akio Kusama | ... | Ushitora Follower | |
| Yasuzo Ogawa | ... | Ushitora Follower | |
| Hiroshi Takagi | ... | Ushitora Follower | |
| Junichirô Mukai | ... | Seibei Follower | |
| Fumiyoshi Kamagaya | ... | Seibei Follower | |
| Ichirô Chiba | ... | Second Foot Soldier | |
| Haruya Sakamoto | ... | Ushitora Follower | |
| Rinsaku Ogata | ... | Seibei Follower | |
| Fumio Kogushi | ... | Ushitora Follower | |
| Yoko Terui | ... | Woman at Seibei's house | |
| Hiromi Mineoka | ... | Woman at Seibei's house | |
| Michiko Kawa | ... | Woman at Seibei's house | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Takuzo Kumagaya | (as Jirô Kumagai) | ||
| Jerry Fujio | ... | Roku, samurai whose arm is cut (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Akira Kurosawa | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Akira Kurosawa | (story) | |
| Akira Kurosawa | (screenplay) & | |
| Ryuzo Kikushima | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Ryuzo Kikushima | .... | executive producer | |
| Akira Kurosawa | .... | producer | |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Masaru Satô | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Kazuo Miyagawa | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Akira Kurosawa | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Yoshirô Muraki | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Yoshirô Muraki | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Yoshiko Matsumoto | .... | hair stylist | |
| Junjiro Yamada | .... | hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Hiroshi Nezu | .... | production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Masanobu Deme | .... | assistant director | |
| Shirô Moritani | .... | chief assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Koichi Hamamura | .... | property master | |
| Yoshifumi Honda | .... | assistant art director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Choshichiro Mikami | .... | sound recordist | |
| Ichirô Minawa | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Masanobu Miyazaki | .... | sound mixer | |
| Zen Shida | .... | assistant sound | |
| Hisashi Shimonaga | .... | sound recordist | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Masao Fukuda | .... | still photographer | |
| Choshiro Ishii | .... | lighting technician | |
| Shôji Kaneko | .... | assistant lighting technician | |
| Takao Saitô | .... | assistant camera | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Masahiro Katô | .... | costumer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Reiko Kaneko | .... | assistant editor | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Ginzo Osumi | .... | transportation coordinator | |
Other crew | |||
| Hiroshi Kanesu | .... | choreographer | |
| Ryu Kuze | .... | swordplay technique | |
| Teruyo Nogami | .... | script supervisor | |
| Yoshio Sugino | .... | swordplay instructor | |
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Kurosowa, many believe, only shot samurai pictures. Wrong. Obviously: Dersu Uzala, Dodesukaden, Dreams, Ikiru... they have nothing to do with samurai! Others say he told stories of characters trying to redeem themselves or rediscovering themselves. The exception is the Sanjuro duology (Yojimbo & Sanjuro), a world of violence and dark humor. Sanjuro (Mifune, way cooler than Eastwood in Leone's conform copy western), a wandering ronin, arrives in a town where everyone seems to have some criminal history or other and where two warring factions fight for control. He then slowly proceeds to play both ends against one another... for money? for power? no. Simply because they are all scum and deserve to die! And this is where Kurosowa and Mifune's stellar talents really gear in: Sanjuro doesn't try to be cool or dark, he just acts as a casual tourist, and his enigmatic detatchement from the violence around him makes him far more menacing than any of the abjectly evil (and ugly) townsfolk around him... and cool, let's not forget. Yojimbo is Kurosowa's most darkly amusing film and one of Mifune's most brilliant turns. It also spanned a great (though inferior) sequel. I urge you to check this out, just to see what happens when real justice kicks in...