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Yojimbo(1961)
Yôjinbô
110 mins
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ACTION
ADVENTURE
DRAMA

The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.

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Susumu Fujita Homma, instructor who skips town
Kamatari Fujiwara Tazaemon
Daisuke Katô Inokichi
Seizaburô Kawazu Seibê - brothel operator
Toshirô Mifune Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai Unosuke, gunfighter
Yôsuke Natsuki Kohei's Son
Ikio Sawamura Hansuke
Kyû Sazanka Ushitora
Takashi Shimura Tokuemon, sake brewer
Hiroshi Tachikawa Yoichiro
Eijirô Tôno Gonji, tavern keeper
Yôko Tsukasa Nui
Atsushi Watanabe The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Isuzu Yamada Orin
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Ryûzô Kikushima screenplay
Akira Kurosawa director, screenplay, producer
Masaru Satô composer