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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.
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Yojimbo is a 1961 Japanese black-and-white drama film directed, written, and edited by Akira Kurosawa. The cast includes Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, and Isuzu Yamada. Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and Toho, the film was shot in Japan with cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa and Takao Saito. Masaru Sato composed the music, while Yoshirō Muraki served as production designer. The film has a runtime of 110 minutes.
The film received a Metascore of 93 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 96%. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.2 based on 143,333 votes and a TMDb vote average of 8.079 from 1,683 votes. Yojimbo was nominated for one Oscar and has five wins and two nominations total. It is part of the Sanjuro Collection and has been distributed by Toho and Netflix. Derivative works include A Fistful of Dollars, Last Man Standing, Django, and The Warrior and the Sorceress.
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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.
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
Themes
- japan
- samurai
- swordplay
- gambling
- sword
- bodyguard
- black and white
- fighting
- family
- intrigue
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Ratings
IMDb
8.2/10
141,960 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
93/100
- Year
- 1961
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Yojimbo
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- 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 ()
- Japanese.kanji
- 用心棒
- Japanese.revhep
- Yōjinbō
- Japanese.l
- Bodyguard
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Writing
- Casting
- Filming
- Music
- Release
- Box office
- Critical response
- Sequel
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- Explanatory notes
- Footnotes
- Sources
- External links
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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