Yôjinbô

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen, silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon, are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both Tazaemon and 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. Character Yôko Tsukasa plays Nui, a local farmer's wife who becomes entangled in the conflict.