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Yojimbo
用心棒
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
1961•1h 50m•NR•★ 8.2
Action / Drama / Thriller
Synopsis
A crafty masterless samurai wanders into a corrupt village divided between two warring crime bosses and plays both sides against each other to clean up the town. Akira Kurosawa's razor-sharp, darkly comic jidaigeki that inspired the Spaghetti Western.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
WriterAkira KurosawaRyuzo Kikushima
CinematographyKazuo Miyagawa
MusicMasaru Satō
Principal Cast
Toshirō MifuneSanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya NakadaiUnosuke, gunfighter
Yōko TsukasaNui
Isuzu YamadaOrin
Daisuke KatōInokichi
Seizaburō KawazuSeibê - brothel operator
Takashi ShimuraTokuemon, sake brewer
Hiroshi TachikawaYoichiro
Technical Specifications
Runtime1h 50m (110 mins)
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Production Details
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
LanguagesJapanese
CountryJP
StudioToho • Kurosawa Production Co.
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