Yojimbo

About Yojimbo

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 uns…

Yojimbo (1961) is a thriller film directed by Akira Kurosawa. At 110 minutes long, it arrived in April 1961.

Toshirō Mifune takes the lead as Sanjuro Kuwabatake, Tatsuya Nakadai as Unosuke, gunfighter, Yōko Tsukasa as Nui, and Isuzu Yamada as Orin. Written by Akira Kurosawa and Ryuzo Kikushima.

Shelv files it under gambling, sword, samurai, and fighting. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

The Last Samurai, Seven Samurai, and 13 Assassins make useful companions to Yojimbo, all filed under 19th century, japan, and period drama. It scores 8.1 out of 10 from 1,782 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.