Yojimbo
Sign in to saveis a 1961 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers. The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, and Atsushi Watanabe. In the film, a rōnin arrives in a small town where competing crime lords fight for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the newcomer as a bodyguard.
Film · TMDB
8.1A 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.
Released: 1961-04-25110 minDir: Akira KurosawaDrama, Thriller
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Unosuke, gunfighter
- Yōko Tsukasa as Nui
- Isuzu Yamada as Orin
- Daisuke Katō as Inokichi
- Seizaburō Kawazu as Seibê - brothel operator
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
8.2/10
141,960 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
93/100
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Yojimbo
- Film.image
- Yojimbo film poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Film.story
- Akira Kurosawa
- Film.cinematography
- Kazuo Miyagawa
- Film.editing
- Akira Kurosawa
- Film.music
- Masaru Sato
- Film.distributor
- Toho
- Film.runtime
- 110 minutes
- Film.country
- Japan
- Film.language
- Japanese
- Film.gross
- $2.5 million ()
Key dates
- Published
- 1961
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Followed by
- Sanjuro
- Based on
- Red Harvest
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Screenwriter
- Akira Kurosawa
- Composer
- Masaru Sato
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
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is a 1961 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers. The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, and Atsushi Watanabe. In the film, a rōnin arrives in a small town where competing crime lords fight for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the newcomer as a bodyguard.
Based on the success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa's next film, Sanjuro (1962), was altered to incorporate the lead character of this film. In both films, the character wears a rather dilapidated dark kimono bearing the same family mon.
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1960s action drama films1960s samurai films1961 drama films1961 films1961 Japanese films1961 Japanese-language filmsFilms directed by Akira KurosawaFilms produced by Ryūzō KikushimaFilms produced by Tomoyuki TanakaFilms scored by Masaru SatoFilms set in the 1860sFilms with screenplays by Akira Kurosawa