Yojimbo
Better if all these men were dead. Think about it!
Synopsis:
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.
Original title
Yojimbo
Director
Akira Kurosawa, Masanobu Deme, Shirô Moritani, Teruyo Nogami
Stars
Daisuke Katô, Eijirō Tōno, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Isuzu Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Seizaburô Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirō Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa
Release Date
13 Sep 1961
Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
110 min
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination.
Country
Japan
Popularity
8.634
Status
Released
ID IMDb.com
tt0055630
IMDB Rating
8.3
IMDB votes
96,545
ID Themoviedb.org
11878
TMDb Rating
8.1
TMDb votes
553