"A Kurosawa Production" "YOJIMBO (The Bodyguard)" "Associate producers:" "Tomoyuki Tanaka and Ryuzo Kikushima" "Scenario by Ryuzo Kikushima and Akira Kurosawa" "Photography by Kazuo Miyagawa." "Music by Masaru Sato" "Cast" "Toshiro Mifune" "Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Izusu Yamada" "Daisuke Kato, Seizaburo Kawazu" "Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Yosuki Natsuki" "Directed by Akira Kurosawa" "Wait, son" "Let me go, father, it's my chance" "You'II be killed." "Who wants to be a gambler?" "Stay at home and farm" "Who wants a Iong life eating mush?" "A short, exciting life for me" "Water, please" "Why didn't you stop him?" "He wouldn't listen" "The young ones have all gone mad" "Not only the young ones;" "everyone's after easy money" "gambling, throwing dice" "You can't tell whose money is whose" "The brewer's become a silk broker, too" "He says he'II pay more than the silk merchant" "What does it matter, with the town as it is?" "Who knows when the silk fair will be held?" "The smell of blood attracts the hungry dogs" "Any more fights and the silk will be bloodstained." "What price a fair then?" "Samurai, want to be a bodyguard?" "I can arrange it for you" "I charge one ryo." "Pick your side" "Seibei would give you women, but his luck's bad" "I'd bet on Ushi-Tora" "That's his inn, on the corner" "Say Hansuke sent you" "I'd take you myself, but I'm the guard" "Don't forget, one ryo for me" "Come on, it's a public road, even for dogs" "You must do better than that, samurai." "They only act tough" "Chop an arm off, and they'II shut up." "Then's your chance" "Shut up, scum!" "Come in" "Sake?" "No, food" "There's no business." "AII I have is cold rice" "Fine" "old man" "I know." "No money" "I'II fight, then I'II pay you" "No!" "I've had enough fighting." "I won't charge you, but leave this town" "Thank you" "He's started again" "It's the cooper." "He's doing nicely, he can't make coffins fast enough" "It's terrible, having gamblers" "One boss in a town can't be helped" "But two... that's only good for the cooper" "Shut up!" "gamblers are a hard lot." "Why don't they act like humans?" "But Seibei wanted his son to have all his territory" "Ushi-Tora, his right-hand man, wouldn't agree to it" "A strange name" "His mother went into labour in the Year of the Ushi (Ox)" "But he didn't pop out until New Year's Day, the pest" "He broke with Seibei and became a boss himself" "Now only swords can settle things" "Both sides are out recruiting men" "It'II be a corpse fair, not a silk fair" "How's trade, cooper?" "How many coffins have you sold?" "Two to your place, four to the other side" "Not too bad" "That's Inokichi, Ushi-Tora's brother." "Like his name, he's a wild boar" "He's come back with three more killers" "Our guard is a disgrace" "He's supposed to arrest criminals." "But he's not the only disgrace" "Tazaemon, the silk merchant, is much to blame" "Things would be better if he was more reliable" "He used to help Seibei, but since the trouble began..." "Tokuemon, the brewer, is backing Ushi-Tora" "He acts as though he'II be the next head man" "Tazaemon is helpless." "He shuts himself indoors and prays for Seibei to win" "Damn them!" "It's the end of this town" "Now do you understand?" "It will get you, too, if you stay" "Eat, then be on your way" "No more rice." "Some sake" "I Iike it here." "I'II stay" "You still don't understand?" "I do." "That's why I'm staying" "Listen, I get paid for killing" "It would be better if all these men were dead." "Think it over" "Seibei, Ushi-Tora, gamblers..." "it wouId be nice to be rid of them" "You'd need more than nine lives to do it" "Not alone" "How, then?" "Sake." "I'II think as I drink" "Everyone's mad, but you are really insane" "I want to talk to Seibei" "Who are you?" "Want to hire me?" "As a bodyguard" "Watch" "Back again?" "What do you want?" "What charming faces" "Anger makes you even sweeter" "See this prison tattoo?" "I wasn't in there for nothing" "The law is after me." "If I'm caught, they'II hang me" "Me, too." "One day they'II cut off my head for all my crimes" "No complaints, then" "kill me if you can" "It'II hurt" "Cowards can't be gamblers" "There's no helping fools" "Cooper." "Two coffins" "Maybe three" "How much will you pay until the fight is over?" "Three pieces of gold?" "Ushi-Tora might pay more" "Four ryo, then" "Five... six..." "double figures" "Ten." "I'II pay ten" "Twenty" "Twenty-five" "Thirty" "Fifty ryo" "AII right." "Twenty-five in advance, with board" "My men want to meet you." "Have a drink" "Come out" "She has no manners" "It's stupid to pay twenty-five ryo to a nobody." "He might run off" "He won't have time;" "I'm attacking at once" "He got three of Ushi-Tora's men;" "they're terrified" "We'II win with him leading us" "But then we'II have to pay him the other twenty-five ryo" "We'd save the whole fifty if we could kill him" "A dirty trick" "Shut up." "You're our heir, don't forget it." "Behave like a gambler" "You can't get rich unless you're known to be a cheat and a killer" "You kill the samurai" "kill him from behind, it'II be easy" "You must kill a few, or the men won't respect you" "But I killed one of Ushi-Tora's men" "One is nothing to boast about" "What are you afraid of?" "One or a hundred, you only hang once" "Here you are, twenty-five ryo" "Let's drink and get acquainted" "My son, Yoichiro, my wife, Orin" "My four strongest men:" "Magotaro, Yahachi, Marsukichi and Sukeju" "Where's the fencing teacher?" "tell us, what is your name?" "Kuwabatake (mulberry field) Sanjuro (thirty)" "Nearer forty, though" "You're joking" "Sanjuro Kuwabatake's good enough..." "a nobody" "Sit over here, teacher" "Here will do." "He gets fifty ryo and I only get one" "I'II show you what I can do" "Show me today" "We attack at noon" "In daylight?" "We must be sure that Ushi-Tora and Inokichi don't escape." "Then we've won" "Don't be afraid." "With the teacher and him, we can't lose" "Noon" "Get a move on!" "You won't sneak away" "We paid a Iot for you." "Get in" "Give us a hand" "Hurry." "Ushi-Tora's men have come out" "follow him" "Do it yourself." "I refuse" "I don't want to be killed after you win." "Here's your twenty-five ryo" "The rat." "He's afraid" "Where's the teacher?" "He ran away, in broad daylight" "Who's Ushi-Tora?" "Me." "What do you want?" "I turned Seibei down" "That's all" "dreadful!" "A fight!" "Get going, don't back out now" "An official inspection!" "The inspector's coming" "You lucky dog" "You're the lucky one." "I won't kill you until the inspector goes" "Hide, you criminals" "The same for you lot." "Open all the buildings" "Everything must be peaceful, not even a dogfight" "Open shop." "Act as though everything is normal" "A country inspector's nothing much, but that's a fine paIanquin" "What's funny?" "His men are drinking tea" "What of it?" "Look" "plus a little something" "Don't be so angry" "If our people had killed each other off, good riddance" "Too bad they were interrupted" "Get out, with your crazy ideas!" "Think so?" "Do you think you'II get away with what you did?" "They won't bear it" "No, they'II say a few words" "But who will pay up first?" "They're determined to win, so they both want me" "We'II wait and see" "It seems they have a visitor" "Tokuemon now?" "No wonder the inspector has such a fine paIanquin" "I'd Iike a drink, too" "You've no money" "Do you want something?" "You're quite a character." "I Iike you" "Aren't you angry about losing three men?" "Them?" "I'm Ushi-Tora's brother" "Inokichi" "You know me?" "Aren't you strong?" "Not really" "Drink at our place, or are you still angry with us?" "You're not angry with me?" "I was only joking." "Come along, you touchy man, Iet's go" "No, we're having a drink" "Bring sake" "The best." "My treat" "No, my brother would hit me" "I'd be turned out of the house" "Bitch!" "Drowning your cares, cooper?" "There's no business, with the inspector here" "You've been here ten days, too" "Don't complain." "I've made your place popular" "Quiet!" "This isn't a brothel." "Stay at Seibei's" "That's not clever, when both sides want me" "I'II stay and raise their hopes" "Everyone else out" "Come to my place" "What's the hurry?" "The inspector will leave tomorrow" "A guard was killed in the next town" "He doesn't seem concerned" "It'II be reported to him tonight" "You know already?" "You had the guard killed?" "possibly" "The inspector staying here costs me a Iot; so do my hired men" "I see" "Here's thirty ryo in advance." "Thirty more if I win." "Join us now" "Not till I give Seibei a fair chance" "Taking advantage of people" "I'II decide my price after the inspector leaves" "Cheer up, the inspector's leaving" "Is that true?" "Why did he come?" "will the killing begin again?" "So it seems" "They're late." "It's about time someone came to agree a price" "A samurai, yet harping on money" "Dangerous work must be made to pay" "But you'II only be a bodyguard" "There are some bodyguards that employers have to beware of" "It seems that something's in the wind" "Gonji, a flask of sake" "Not for you to celebrate with" "No, I'm at my wits end." "They're making peace" "What will I do with all the coffin material?" "Too bad for you, but the town will be peaceful" "fool!" "gamblers make peace to prepare for a bigger fight" "They need a silk fair, so they make up to keep their territories intact" "It ends up in a bigger fight." "Understand?" "It's the most dangerous thing" "But now's their best chance of winning." "Why have they made peace?" "It's Unosuke's idea" "Ushi-Tora's brother." "He's been away for a year" "He's a bad one" "Like his name, he looks as meek as a rabbit, but inside he's a wolf" "Even the winds welcome you" "Want to see something?" "You, too?" "It's an insult" "They've made peace, so they've sacked us with measly pay" "We'II show them!" "They've no cause to complain" "As for us, we had to do a dangerous job only yesterday" "He pushed us too far" "Let's report Ushi-Tora" "Stand up." "Let's go" "Ushi-Tora's a tough nut" "What do you mean?" "You got a gold piece for killing that guard?" "No, only two silver pieces" "A raw deal" "still, thanks for telling me" "Now I can sell you to Seibei, or use you to blackmail Ushi-Tora" "Get up" "A bargain" "Take them and report it;" "you'II be rid of Ushi-Tora" "But what about the talks?" "His son and Ushi-Tora's brother are talking" "So what?" "If Ushi-Tora is arrested during the talks..." "Ready?" "lonely?" "Take your pick and have fun" "Have a care" "Wait" "It would be a total loss if Ushi-Tora gets them back" "Lock them in the warehouse" "Ushi-Tora" "Who are you?" "Ushi-Tora" "Boss!" "What is it?" "I don't need a bodyguard." "It's too bad if you lost getting sixty ryo" "Hachi talks too much" "Pay too little and it costs more in the end" "You paid him too little, so Hachi got drunk and talked..." "Kuma, too" "Where were they?" "Seibi's men overheard." "He's got them" "I followed." "They're locked up" "That information costs money" "As much as you want." "You are my bodyguard from now on" "This will do." "I'II think it over" "You don't know him." "He's very strong" "Inokichi, Unosuke, come quickly" "Don't kill Yoichiro" "Get his sword and take him to brother" "Seibei." "We have Yoichiro." "Do you hear?" "Keep still and listen" "If you want to save him, bring Kuma and Hachi." "We'II exchange" "With three unarmed men" "At three in the morning, outside the guard post" "Pretty good" "Just wait for something better" "Don't forget to call three o'cIock" "Something to eat" "Eat everything; no one will eat such things for a time" "The town's beginning to boil, Iike this pot" "Why did you come?" "Is this a play you wrote?" "half of it." "Unosuke changed the second half" "Three o'cIock" "Ready, Ushi-Tora?" "We're coming, Seibei" "I'II push them forward." "Let go of your rope, too" "You played a dirty trick." "We're even now" "If you love him, shave your head and ask brother to be the boss" "As I expected." "well, look" "See her, Ushi-Tora?" "I'II keep her" "Ask Tokuemon what he thinks about it" "Very interesting" "Mother" "Where is she?" "I'II show you" "Won't you look?" "I can't see her" "You will soon" "Mother!" "Hansuke, hurry" "Mother" "Coward, why didn't you die, instead of tormenting us?" "Seibei" "We'II settle later" "I'II even things up with you" "Come closer" "Cried himself to sleep" "Kohei's an unfortunate fellow;" "his wife's too beautiful" "He gambled and lost to Ushi-Tora" "If she were ugly, he'd only have lost his house" "But Tokuemon fancied her" "So Ushi-Tora used her as a pawn" "He tempted Tokuemon with her and the house" "So Kohei built a hut near his old house" "He watches Tokuemon visit his wife every day" "I don't want her, I gave her to him" "You look too miserable for that" "Going home?" "Weren't you told to keep away from her?" "Won't you get beaten?" "I'm used to it, I don't care" "Ushi-Tora's men guard her, she can't even see her son" "His sort make me sick" "I've decided to be your bodyguard" "Thirty ryo, as an advance" "I'd refuse such a high price" "He's awfully strong" "Stronger than this?" "Never mind." "If I refuse, he'II go to Seibei" "That would be bad" "Hire him, then" "Thirty ryo" "Thirty more when we win" "I promise" "If it's settled, Iet's drink to it" "But is the woman safe?" "What woman?" "Tokuemon's woman." "You'II lose if they get her back" "Don't worry, six men guard her" "Not enough." "If someone as strong as him..." "shall I go?" "I'II come, too, to see how they're doing" "An unpleasant job" "When Tokuemon's here, they must wait in the cold" "He's not here, is he?" "Her husband lives here?" "Yes, and I must beat him" "What were you doing around her?" "You were told to keep away" "Inokichi, the guards are dead" "AII six." "Report it to your brother" "You're free, get ready" "Get away." "Here's thirty ryo, I got it from Ushi-Tora, take it" "Idiots!" "Hurry up" "Stop it!" "I hate pathetic people" "It's Ushi-Tora" "We'II thank you later" "fool." "Don't come back" "A shambles" "I told you six men weren't enough" "Looks like the work of fifteen men" "Where's the woman?" "Gone." "Seibei's clever" "Brother!" "My silk will burn" "Put the fire out" "Don't move" "Return the woman" "What woman?" "Return her, or else" "Return who?" "The sake's pouring out!" "Stop it, I'II give you something" "It's Seibei's doing!" "Come on, men!" "Why look so gloomy?" "Lots of work for you" "No, when a fight's too big they don't bother with coffins" "One more" "cheerful for once." "Why?" "You make me nervous" "I'm Ushi-Tora's bodyguard." "Aren't you angry?" "No" "You're a good sort" "You only pretend you're bad" "He came last night" "Who?" "The man who makes you sick." "He told me the story" "Kohei asked me to give you this" "Won't you read it?" "It's to say thank you" "Read it." "He took a risk, bringing it" "Quiet." "I'm busy" "A word with you" "Inokichi's just come back from trying to hire men" "Any luck?" "No" "I'm not surprised." "No one who's worked for you would flatter you" "AII the same, he heard an interesting story" "Tokuemon's woman, her husband and son were seen by one man" "The morning after the six guards were killed" "So Seibei didn't kidnap her" "So it seems" "Then who killed the guards?" "Inokichi, did you see the guards dead before you came to tell brother?" "No." "He told me" "only a samurai swordsman could have killed them like that" "only you are that strong" "So?" "I thought that maybe you killed them" "But he's our bodyguard." "Why would he?" "I don't understand that, either" "What's this?" ""To the samurai." "From Kohei and Nui"" "ShouIdn't we tie him up?" "No, just keep him from a sword" "Where am I?" "The brewery" "The gate to hell" "careful." "A pat from you hurts as much as a punch" "Want another beating?" "Where are you going?" "That's a short-cut to hell" "Don't kill him" "Don't worry, he's still groaning" "Do you recognize me?" "Listen." "He wants to talk to you" "Do you know where the woman is?" "Don't believe him, he's saving his skin" "Shut up, he's helping" "I hate long conversations." "The sooner settled, the better" "tell me where the woman is and I'II let you off" "What's up?" "You're lucky, you won't refuse, will you?" "I won't talk" "Don't kill him" "Don't worry" "Go to it" "well?" "will you talk?" "Don't kill him" "Don't get blood over that chest" "Thanks to him, we must camp here" "I'II thump him again" "I'm sure I shut the door" "He's gone" "It's no joke" "Search in the dark places, idiots!" "old man, Iet me in" "I know I'm a sight, but gawp at me later" "I said you were too impulsive" "Save your sermon." "They'II be coming" "Say I went to Seibei's" "Was he here?" "Don't lie" "He was here, but he went to Seibei's" "I don't believe him, they're birds of a feather" "Seibei would help him, if he asked" "He'd never stay put, even with his head off" "We'II massacre Seibei's lot." "I've held back until now" "Gather straw and smoke them out" "kill them like sitting ducks?" "A pleasure!" "pull yourself together" "What will you do now?" "Buy a coffin" "Don't give up" "fool, I'm not dying yet." "I must kill quite a few first" "Is it safe?" "If Ushi-Tora checks..." "They're too busy." "Look" "Ushi-Tora?" "Smoking out Seibei" "Interesting." "Put me down, I'II watch" "Do as I say" "I can't see." "Put me over there" "It's me, don't shoot!" "Stay where you were" "Don't worry, our strong man is there" "I killed the two who killed three of ours" "Is that all?" "You won't get away" "You greedy bitch!" "Where are Seibei and Yoichiro?" "I don't know" "Mother!" "Seibei, come out." "Yoichiro's begging for mercy" "You win, I'm coming out." "Don't kill my son and me" "Very well" "You can take all my territory" "only the samurai to get now" "No one's left in there" "It can't be true" "He isn't there" "He's bashed up, he won't go far" "old man, Iet's get going" "The cooper's run away" "What a fix." "Is anybody around?" "It's an even worse fix:" "Inokichi's coming this way" "Humour him." "Try to make him help" "In case you need it" "What's up?" "The cooper was afraid to help me, so he ran away" "You help me" "Don't be funny" "Scared of corpses?" "Your face gives you away" "I'm afraid of nothing" "help me, then" "I'm not afraid" "To the cemetery." "You're not afraid of ghosts?" "Ghosts?" "I Iove them" "Let's go, then" "Put it down here?" "No ghosts" "They only appear to cowards like me." "You're brave" "You'II be alone if I go;" "I'II help you bury him" "But weren't you looking for someone?" "Right!" "I'II get a beating" "Are you all right?" "Very interesting" "Can you walk?" "There's a little temple nearby" "I can walk" "You don't look alive" "I'II be fine in a few days" "It's worse when you smile" "You're late." "I'm hungry" "It's me." "Gonji's in trouble" "He was caught; the medicine and rice for you gave him away" "Where is he?" "At Seibei's." "Ushi-Tora's moved in there" "You'II fight with that?" "I must" "A coffin-maker collects these" "Sorry, it's a dead man's sword" "Let's get away while he's fighting Ushi-Tora's lot" "You told him?" "You stupid meddIer!" "Keep your distance" "Mother!" "Go home!" "A long life eating mush is best" "You're merciful, aren't you?" "Do me a favour, too" "Without my pistol, I'm not myself" "I can't die without it" "Let me grasp it" "Don't worry, it fired two shots" "No bullets left" "I can't... it's getting dark" "Who's praying?" "I don't need prayers" "Are you there, samurai trash?" "I'm here" "At the gate of hell..." "I'II wait for you there" "He died as he lived" "Something?" "You're unemployed" "Now this town will be peaceful" "old man" "Good-bye"