
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.
April 21, 1970
TOHO, Mifune Productions
21 people

Toshirō Mifune
Yojimbo
Acting

Yūjirō Ishihara
Yataro
Acting

Ruriko Asaoka
Okuni
Acting

Shintarō Katsu
Gentetsu
Acting

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Heima Ibuki
Acting

Chūsha Ichikawa
Unknown Samurai
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Ichirō Arishima
Tokubei
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Mika Kitagawa
Oyuki
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Yoshio Tsuchiya
Itahachi
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Jotaro Togami
Gonji
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Chieko Nakakita
Acting
Ryunosuke Yamazaki
Tatsu
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