Yojimbo (1961)

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◄ Yojimbo (1961)

Followed by

Sanjuro (1962)

Version of

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Miller's Crossing (1990)

Remade as

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Last Man Standing (1996)

Kaze no yôjinbô (2001) (TV Series)

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

Spin-off

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)

Referenced in

Django (1966)
Resembles Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo.

Karate Warriors (1976)
Plot shows simularities.

Desperate Living (1977)
A dog runs off with a severed appendage, but it's not a hand...

The Warriors (1979)
In the final battle Swan throws a knife into the arm of the only character with a gun. Sanjuro defeats Unosuke in exactly the same way.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

When the Raven Flies (1984)
Plot shows simularities.

The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
Plot shows simularities.

Vampire Hunter D (1985) (Video)
The character is a reference to Yojimbo.

The Princess Bride (1987)

The Killer (1989)
The beach shootout where Jeff saves the little girl is Woo's homage to Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo

Wild at Heart (1990)
the dog bitting the hand of the bank guard

Miller's Crossing (1990)

Ninja Scroll (1993)

Rising Sun (1993)

Brainscan (1994)
The dog running with a severed limb in the mouth.

Steel Frontier (1995) (Video)

The X-Files: Pusher (1996) (TV Episode)
mentioned

Rudora no hihou (1996) (Video Game)

Eastwood on Eastwood (1997) (TV Movie)

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) (TV Movie)
"Yojimbo" is mentioned.

Desert Heat (1999)

American Beauty (1999)

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
Like the first Vampire Hunter D the character is a reference to Yojimbo.

Millennium Actress (2001)
One character in one of the films appears just like the main character of Yojimbo

City of God (2002)
The gang war at the end partially follows the plot of yojimbo

Legend of the Phantom Rider (2002)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Arterial spurts, plus the last of the Crazy 88 is spared and told to go home to mother just as in "Yojimbo."

Exhumed (2003) (Video)
character based on Toshiro Mifune's character

EuroTrip (2004)
Dog with hand in its mouth

Nova: Secrets of the Samurai Sword (2005) (TV Episode)
Mentioned in show.

The Spaghetti West (2005) (Video)
Mentioned in documentary.

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Plot shows simularities.

Heroes: Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (2006) (TV Episode)
Mentioned by Hiro.

Beantown (2007)
Two lines of fighters facing one another on path

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
Plot shows simularities.

12 (2007)
A dog is seen running down a street with a human arm in its mouth.

Sydney White (2007)
Sydney has a comic book titled "Yojimbo."

The Middleman: The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation (2008) (TV Episode)
Wendy twice mentions Usagi Yojimbo, a comic book character inspired by this movie.

Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008) (Video)
Pays homage to the scene showing a dog with a human limb in its mouth

NCIS: Ignition (2010) (TV Episode)
DiNozzo says Sayers was working both sides like Yojimbo

Fallout: New Vegas (2010) (Video Game)
Overall likeness, a lone hero drifts from desolate town to town, playing the two opposing factions against each other, both factions rise and fall at the will of the lone hero.

Black Sunshine: Conversations with T.F. Mou (2011)
Mou mentions that he watched Kurosawa films, including probably this film, for school during his college days.

Nikita: The Next Seduction (2011) (TV Episode)
Ari Tasarov mentions it.