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The Bodyguard
The film The Bodyguard is a 110 minute action thriller drama from 1961, directed by Akira Kurosawa. The main cast consists of Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa and Isuzu Yamada.
The Bodyguard
- Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
- Main cast: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada
- Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima
- Cinematography: Kazuo Miyagawa
- Music: Masaru Satō
Details
- Title: The Bodyguard
- Original Title: Yôjinbô (Japan)
- Year: 1961
- Genres: Action, thriller, drama
- Duration: 1h 50m
- Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Release Dates
The Bodyguard premiered in cinemas on September 13, 1961.
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Cast & Crew
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Roles
- Akio Kusama ... Ushitora Follower
- Daisuke Katō ... Inokichi
- Eijirô Tôno ... Gonji, Tavern Keeper
- Fuminori Ôhashi ... Second Samurai
- Gen Shimizu ... Magotaro
- Haruya Sakamoto ... Ushitora Follower
- Hideyo Amamoto ... Yahachi
- Hiromi Mineoka ... Woman at Seibei's House
- Hiroshi Kiyama ... Farmer
- Hiroshi Tachikawa ... Yoichiro
- Hiroshi Takagi ... Ushitora Follower
- Ichirô Chiba ... Second Foot Soldier
- Ichirô Nakatani ... First Samurai
- Ikio Sawamura ... Hansuke
- Isuzu Yamada ... Orin
- Jerry Fujio ... Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut
- Jun Ôtomo ... Seibei Follower
- Jun'ichirō Mukai ... Seibei Follower
- Kamatari Fujiwara ... Tazaemon
- Kyū Sazanka ... Ushitora
- Mitsuo Tsuda
- Nadao Kirino ... Seibei Follower
- Naoya Kusakawa ... Seibei Follower
- Noriko Honma ... Farmer's Ex-wife
- Rinsaku Ogata ... Seibei Follower
- Sachio Sakai ... First Foot Soldier
- Seizaburō Kawazu ... Seibê - brothel operator
- Senkichi Ômura ... Traveler
- Shin Ôtomo ... Kumosuke
- Shinpei Takagi ... Ushitora Follower
- Shôichi Hirose ... Ushitora Follower
- Shôji Ôki ... Sukeju
- Susumu Fujita ... Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
- Takeshi Katō ... Ronin Kobuhachi
- Takuzō Kumagai
- Tatsuya Nakadai ... Unosuke, gunfighter
- Toshirô Mifune ... Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
- Yasuzō Ogawa ... Ushitora Follower
- Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Kohei
- Yutaka Sada ... Matsukichi
- Yōko Tsukasa ... Nui
- Yōsuke Natsuki ... Kohei's Son
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