Yojimbo

Yojimbo

1961

Masterless samurai Sanjuro Kuwabatake (Toshirô Mifune) finds himself in a feud-torn Japanese village in legendary director Akira Kurosawa's darkly comic film. After pretending to work for merchants on both sides of the feud, Kuwabatake is imprisoned for treachery. He escapes in time to watch the two warring factions destroy each other, just as he had intended. Yojimbo served as the prototype for Clint Eastwood's A Fistful of Dollars.

Better if all these men were dead. Think about it!

JBscale
94
Superior

Film Detail

Genre
Action - Adventure
Length
1 hr. 59 mins.
US Theatrical Release
September 13, 1961
US Box Office
No Data Available
Global Office
$916,667 (#3996 of 4373)
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Edition
Single Disc Criterion Collection # 52 & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 2.35:1
Audio
Japanese: DTS-HD Master 3.0
Studio
Criterion
Released
March 23, 2010
Acquired Date
December 9, 2014
Times Seen
1 Time
Last Watched
November 11, 2008

Actors

Toshirô Mifune
Toshirô Mifune
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yôko Tsukasa
Yôko Tsukasa
Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Daisuke Katô
Daisuke Katô
Seizaburô Kawazu
Seizaburô Kawazu
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yosuke Natsuki
Yosuke Natsuki
Eijirô Tôno
Eijirô Tôno
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara

Directors

Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa

Producers

Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Ryuzo Kikushima
Ryuzo Kikushima

Awards & Accolades

  • 2008 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #120
  • 2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #135
  • 2010 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #125
  • 2011 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #115
  • 2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #115
  • 2013 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #104
  • 2018 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #118
  • 2019 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #126
  • 2022 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #144

Special Features

Commentaries
  • film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
Documentaries
  • Making of Yojimbo - A 45-minute documentary on the making of Yojimbo, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
  • Audio Commentary
  • Featurettes

Other Recommendations

User Reviews

  • 11.13.2008 by biglummox (10/10)

Ratings

JB Users
100
Flawless
RT Fresh
96%
Tomatometer
47 votes
RT Fresh Certified
96%
Popcornmeter
2,273 votes
METASCORE
93
16 votes
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
135,728 votes

Tags

  1. Yojimbo & Sanjuro

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Kids-in-Mind
  3. Common Sense Media