Yojimbo

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Yojimbo

japan gambling swordplay samurai sword bodyguard fighting family intrigue ronin jidaigeki revolver edo period feudal japan 19th century asian western

Yojimbo

Release Date: April 25, 1961

Year    :   1961
Slogan    :   «Seven Samurai if it Was Just One Samurai!»
Genres    :   Drama, Thriller
Production Companies    :   TOHO
Director    :   Akira Kurosawa
Producers    :   Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryūzō Kikushima, Hiroshi Nezu
Writers    :   Akira Kurosawa, Ryūzō Kikushima
RunTime    :   110 mins.

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.




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