Akira Kurosawa
Yojimbo (Yôjinbô)
Edition 1977
110'
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1961
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Action, Drama, Thriller
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Dialogue:
Japanese
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Composer:
Masaru Satô
With:
Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
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.
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Director
Akira Kurosawa
Composer
Masaru Satô
With
Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Scenario
Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima
Director of Photography
Kazuo Miyagawa
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Producer
Ryûzô Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka
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Dialogue
Japanese
Countries of production
Japan
Year
1961