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.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katô
Producer: Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Kazuo Miyagawa
IMDb Score: 8.2/10 by 681 users
Runtime: 110 minutes
Released: 4/25/1961