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Yojimbo (1961)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Crime | Action | Drama

Most recently watched by jakeneff, leiabox, sensoria, zombiefreak

Overview

A 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.

Rated NR | Length 110 minutes

Actors

Toshirō Mifune | Tatsuya Nakadai | Yôko Tsukasa | Isuzu Yamada | Daisuke Katô | Seizaburô Kawazu | Takashi Shimura | Hiroshi Tachikawa | Yōsuke Natsuki | Eijirô Tôno | Kamatari Fujiwara | Ikio Sawamura | Atsushi Watanabe | Susumu Fujita | Kyû Sazanka | Kô Nishimura | Takeshi Katô | Ichirô Nakatani | Sachio Sakai | Akira Tani | Namigoro Rashomon | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Gen Shimizu | Jerry Fujio | Yutaka Sada | Shin Ôtomo | Shôichi Hirose | Hideyo Amamoto | Shôji Ôki | Fuminori Ôhashi | Hiroshi Kiyama | Senkichi Ômura | Noriko Honma | Ryusuke Nishio | Naoya Kusakawa | Nadao Kirino | Mitsuo Tsuda | Shinpei Takagi | Jun Ôtomo | Akio Kusama | Yasuzô Ogawa | Hiroshi Takagi | Jun'ichirô Mukai | Takuzô Kumagai | Ichirô Chiba | Haruya Sakamoto | Rinsaku Ogata | Fumio Kogushi | Yoko Terui | Hiromi Mineoka | Michiko Kawa

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
06/19/2016Movie ScreenFilmTheater8.5 stars
10/08/2003TVDVDLibrary8.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Terrific experiencing this on the big screen finally and in a very nice 35mm print. Pretty cool having seen Fistful of Dollars recently to compare story beats in both films. Yojimbo feels paced a little slower yet I got a better sense of character development in Dollars. Besides Mifune what I relish the most here is the exquisite framing. Some tremendous shots.

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