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Yôjinbô (Yojimbo)

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Yôjinbô (Yojimbo)

  • 1961
  • Japan
  • Fiction
  • Japanese
  • 110 mins
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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.

Credits

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima

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