Yojimbo

Yojimbo

1961 | 1h 51m | Action | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

A samurai drifter arrives at a small town where two factions are battling each other. He offers to fight on the side of the highest bidder, but then secretly arranges a ploy to have both sides destroy each other.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Akira Kurosawa

CAST

Toshirô Mifune

Eijiro Tono

Kamatari Fujiwara

Takashi Shimura

PRODUCERS

Information not available.

WRITERS

Akira Kurosawa

Related Videos

Yojimbo (1961) -- (Movie Clip) There's No Cure For Fools
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The Samurai (Toshiro Mifune) demonstrates his value by slaughtering three ruffians and placing an order with the coffin-maker (Atsushi Watanabe), early in Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, 1961.
Yojimbo (1961) -- (Movie Clip) The Chance To Get Killed!
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The wandering Samruai (Toshiro Mifune) comes upon a son (Yosuke Natsuki) arguing with his father, before his memorable entry into the town, in Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, 1961.
Yojimbo (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Chickening Out
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The Samurai Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) makes a strategic switch of sides, as the first confrontation between warring clans takes shape, in Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, 1961.

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