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Release Date: 1961   Duration: 110 min

Cast: Kamatari Fujiwara, Kō Nishimura, Isuzu Yamada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyu Sazanka, Daisuke Katō, Atsushi Watanabe, Susumu Fujita, Yosuke Natsuki, Ikio Sawamura, Toshiro Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa ...MORE

Cast: Kamatari Fujiwara, Kō Nishimura, Isuzu Yamada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyu Sazanka, Daisuke Katō, Atsushi Watanabe, Susumu Fujita, Yosuke Natsuki, Ikio Sawamura, Toshiro Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Takashi Shimura, Eijirô Tono, Hiroshi Tachikawa ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Japanese Movies, Art film, World cinema, Costume Adventure, Black-and-white, Action/Adventure, Drama, Samurai cinema, Action film, Adventure film

Yojimbo is a 1961 jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It tells the story of a ronin, portrayed by Toshiro Mifune, who arrives in a small town where competing crime lords vie for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the deadly newcomer as a bodyguard. Based on the success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa's Sanjuro of 1962 was altered to feature a very similar lead character. The film has been...  MORE

Yojimbo is a 1961 jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It tells the story of a ronin, portrayed by Toshiro Mifune, who arrives in a small town where competing crime lords vie for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the deadly newcomer as a bodyguard. Based on the success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa's Sanjuro of 1962 was altered to feature a very similar lead character. The film has been remade several times, see "Influence," below. LESS