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...
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February 9, 1930 in Nagasaki, North Toshima [now Toshima], Tokyo, Japan
March 26, 1948 in Osaka, Japan
August 11, 1932 in Yokohama, Japan
23 January 1939, Fukuoka, Japan
13 December 1932, Tokyo, Japan
25 December 1939, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
17 March 1943, Tokyo, Japan
March 11, 1938 in Harbin, Manchuria, China
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January 31, 1935 in Sakata, Japan
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1 January 1956, Isahaya, Japan
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29 February 1940, Tokyo, Japan
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