Yojimbo 1961
8.10/10 by 1,435 users
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant 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.
- Title: Yojimbo
- Year: 1961
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Country: Japan
- Studio: TOHO
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Seizaburō Kawazu
- Crew: Kazuo Miyagawa (Director of Photography), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Executive Producer), Masaru Satō (Original Music Composer), Ryūzō Kikushima (Screenplay), Ryūzō Kikushima (Executive Producer), Akira Kurosawa (Director)
- Keyword: japan, samurai, swordplay, gambling, sword, bodyguard, black and white, fighting, family, intrigue, ronin, criterion, jidaigeki, revolver, edo period, feudal japan, 19th century, asian western
- Release: Apr 25, 1961
- Runtime: 110 minutes
- IMDb: 8.10 / 10 by 1,435 users
- Popularity: 26
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: 日本語
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