

17/06/1979
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.

Tatsuya Nakadai
as Gomyo Kiyoemon

Keiko Kishi
as Omon

Ayumi Ishida
as Oriwa

Makoto Fujita
as Kasuke

Isao Natsuyagi
as Sharaku

Kayo Matsuo
as Oren

Ai Kanzaki
as Osaki

Tatsuo Umemiya
as Kawazu

Hajime Hana
as Hanba

Yoshio Harada
as Yataro Tanigawa

Tetsuro Tamba
as Okitsugu Tanuma

Koji Yakusho
as Kuwano

Mikio Narita
as Gosun

Hideji Ōtaki
as Shiba

Yoshi Katō
as Zenzaemon

Eijirō Tōno
as Shogen

Sonny Chiba
as Samon Shimoguni

Hideo Murota
as

Fujiko Nara
as

Daisuke Ryū
as

Hachiro Azuma
as

Smiley Ohara
as

Sen Yano
as

Toshiyuki Hosokawa
as Narrator
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