Episode #1 – Yojimbo (用心棒)
Yojimbo (1961)
用心棒 [Yôjinbô]
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Written by Akira Kurosawa and Ryûzô Kikushima
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival gangsters are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both sides to hire him as a bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two in order to rid the town of both criminals.
Cast
Toshiro Mifune – Sanjuro Kuwabatake
Eijirô Tôno – Gonji
Tatsuya Nakadai – Unosuke
Seizaburô Kawazu – Seibei
Kyû Sazanka – Ushitora
Yôko Tsukasa – Nui
Yoshio Tsuchiya – Kohei
Takashi Shimura – Tokuemon
Kamatari Fujiwara – Tazaemon
Daisuke Katô – Inokichi
Susumu Fujita – Honma
Atsushi Watanabe – The Coffin-Maker
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Congratulations on your first episode! I can’t think of a better movie to start with than YOJIMBO as even those movie fans who only have a flirtatious knowledge of Japanese Cinema/Samurai Movies know and have seen this one.