9.6/10

Yojimbo (1961)

The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.

Genre: Thriller | Indie | Foreign | Drama | Action

Country: Japan  

themoviedb.org: http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11878

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/

Director(s) / Writer(s):

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Ryûzô Kikushima

Cast:

Toshirô Mifune

Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Unosuke, gunfighter

Yôko Tsukasa

Nui

Isuzu Yamada

Orin

Daisuke Katô

Inokichi

Takashi Shimura

Tokuemon, sake brewer

Also Known As:

The Bodyguard

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