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Seen on: 06/20/2011

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Yojimbo (1961)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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Most recently watched by jakeneff, sensoria

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

Viewing Notes

I’m a big fan of Kurosawa, but I’m ashamed to admit that there is a significant portion of his films I haven’t seen. One of those was, until now, Yojimbo. I have no excuses. I knew forever and a day that Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars was wholly based on Yojimbo, and I love A Fistful of Dollars. Like I said, no excuses.

I expected a great movie, and that’s what I got. What I wasn’t prepared for was the amazing score! The music adds so much to this film that I simply could not imagine it without.

Toshiro Mifune is brilliant as the nameless samurai.

This was another Criterion movie that’s expiring on Netflix Instant on 6/21.

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