Yôko Tsukasa

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

Toshiro Mifune stars in this Kurosawa-directed classic set in late-Edo era Japan. Mifune's performance as a wandering ronin who commits to ridding a terror-stricken town of corruption garnered him two Best Actor awards at the 1961 Venice Film Festival.