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.| Original Title: | 用心棒 |
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| Status: | Released (1961-04-25) |
| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 2 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $46,808 |
| Screen: | Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima |
| Productions: | TOHO |
| Production Countries: | Japan |
| Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |
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Casts
- 7450: Toshirō Mifune - Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
- 70131: Tatsuya Nakadai - Unosuke, gunfighter
- 70811: Yōko Tsukasa - Nui
- 33761: Isuzu Yamada - Orin
- 7457: Daisuke Katō - Inokichi
- 83202: Seizaburō Kawazu - Seibê - brothel operator
- 7453: Takashi Shimura - Tokuemon, sake brewer
Crews
- 7461: Kazuo Miyagawa - Director of Photography - Camera
- 18604: Tomoyuki Tanaka - Executive Producer - Production
- 18609: Masaru Satō - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 34373: Ryūzō Kikushima - Screenplay - Writing
- 34373: Ryūzō Kikushima - Executive Producer - Production
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Director - Directing
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
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Great movie! Akira Kurosawa is just a master movie maker.
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Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film YOJIMBO is a Japanese period drama where wily strategy is worth just as much as prowess with a sword. In the late Edo era (some decades before its end in 1868) a community is plagued by two opposing gangs who have built up a criminal empire of prostitution ....
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I was surprised when I saw this, how late it was set - 19th Century - as I'd always imagined it to be of a more historical nature. That doesn't remotely detract from the story though - as again Kurosawa casts Yoshirô Mifune ("Sanjûrô") in the leading role. Here he is a wandering samu ....
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