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Yojimbo (1961)
Yôjinbô (original title)

110 min  -  Action | Adventure  -   13 September 1961 (USA)
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A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Writers:

Akira Kurosawa (story), Akira Kurosawa (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune ...
Tatsuya Nakadai Tatsuya Nakadai ...
Unosuke, gunfighter
Yôko Tsukasa Yôko Tsukasa ...
Nui
Isuzu Yamada Isuzu Yamada ...
Orin
Daisuke Katô Daisuke Katô ...
Inokichi, Ushitora's rotund brother
Seizaburô Kawazu Seizaburô Kawazu ...
Seibê - brothel operator
Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura ...
Tokuemon, sake brewer
Hiroshi Tachikawa Hiroshi Tachikawa ...
Yoichiro
Yôsuke Natsuki Yôsuke Natsuki ...
Kohei's Son
Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno ...
Gonji, tavern keeper
Kamatari Fujiwara Kamatari Fujiwara ...
Tazaemon
Ikio Sawamura Ikio Sawamura ...
Hansuke
Atsushi Watanabe Atsushi Watanabe ...
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Susumu Fujita Susumu Fujita ...
Homma, instructor who skips town
Kyû Sazanka Kyû Sazanka ...
Ushitora
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Storyline

Sanjuro, a wandering samurai enters a rural town in nineteenth century Japan. After learning from the innkeeper that the town is divided between two gangsters, he plays one side off against the other. His efforts are complicated by the arrival of the wily Unosuke, the son of one of the gangsters, who owns a revolver. Unosuke has Sanjuro beaten after he reunites an abducted woman with her husband and son, then massacres his father's opponents. During the slaughter, the samurai escapes with the help of the innkeeper; but while recuperating at a nearby temple, he learns of innkeeper's abduction by Unosuke, and returns to the town to confront him. Written by Bernard Keane <BKeane2@email.dot.gov.au>  

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Plot Keywords:

Samurai | Ronin | Bodyguard | Revolver | Fighting  | See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Le garde du corps See more »

Filming Locations:

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Perspecta Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Masaru Sato was instructed by Kurosawa to write "whatever you like" so long as it was not the usual period samurai film music so commonly used by all the major studios at the time. He ended up writing something that was inspired by one of his idols, Henry Mancini, whom he had the pleasure of meeting shortly after the film was released, where they discussed his "Yojimbo" soundtrack. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: In the initial fight scene The Samurai cuts the first two adversaries in the mid-section, then slices the last man's arm off. That last man is first seen from behind holding the sword in his right arm above his head, but the arm holding the sword shown moments later is a left arm. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Farmer: [in Japanese] Wait, son.
Traveler: [in Japanese] Let me go, father. It's my chance.
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Connections

Referenced in The Warriors (1979) See more »