Yojimbo [1961 film]
by Akira Kurosawa (Director/Screenwriter), Ryūzō Kikushima (Screenwriter), Hideo Oguni (Screenwriter)
Sanjūrō (1)
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In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness. Includes theatrical trailer.Tags
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A wandering samurai tries to get rival gangs to kill each other.
Great, fun movie. Mifune's character is probably one of the best (or at least most important) ever put on film. This movie's not quite as good as the spaghetti westerns it inspired, though. (Interestingly, it isn't just the plot and characters that Sergio Leone ripped off, but also the style. And the few aspects of the style Leone missed got picked up by Quentin Tarantino in Kill Bill.)
(Jun. 2009)
Great, fun movie. Mifune's character is probably one of the best (or at least most important) ever put on film. This movie's not quite as good as the spaghetti westerns it inspired, though. (Interestingly, it isn't just the plot and characters that Sergio Leone ripped off, but also the style. And the few aspects of the style Leone missed got picked up by Quentin Tarantino in Kill Bill.)
(Jun. 2009)
Dunno how many people know this, but Sergio Leone was sued for failing to credit Akira Kurosawa in "A Fistful of Dollars," and Toho, the studio that made "Yojimbo," actually won the lawsuit. Kinda shocked they didn't do the same for Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven
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Kurosawa generally is recognized as the best of the modern Japanese filmmakers. He was the first Japanese director to gain international recognition, partly because his storytelling technique is not culture-bound. Rashomon (1950), a story of rape and terror that is told from several different viewpoints, received first prize at the Venice Film show more Festival in 1951; the film's title has become synonymous with the concept of subjective truth expressed in widely varying versions of the same story. The Seven Samurai (1954), a humanistic tale of samurai risking their lives to defend a poor village, is another Kurosawa classic. Kurosawa has always been attracted to Western literature, and two of his most notable films are based on Shakespeare's plays: Throne of Blood (1957), a retelling of Macbeth, and Ran (1985), a masterly reinterpretation of King Lear. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Yojimbo [1961 film]
- Original title
- 用心棒; Yōjinbō
- Alternate titles
- Bodyguard
- Original publication date
- 1961-04-25
- People/Characters
- Sanjūrō (Sanjūrō Kuwabatake)
- Important places
- Japan
- Important events
- Edo period or Tokugawa period; 19th century; 1860s; 1860
- Related movies
- Yojimbo (1961 | IMDb)
- Original language
- Japanese
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- Reviews
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- (4.50)
- Languages
- English, Japanese
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- 10
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- 17
