1961 | Japan | Fiction

Yôjinbô (Yojimbo)

  • Japanese 110 mins
  • Director | Akira Kurosawa
  • Writer | Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa
  • Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima

STATUS: Released

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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.

Samurai Strategy Conflict Classic Antihero
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The Criterion Collection
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