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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
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
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yôko Tsukasa
Isuzu Yamada
Takashi Shimura
Daisuke Katô
Seizaburô Kawazu
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yosuke Natsuki
Eijirô Tôno
Kamatari Fujiwara
Directors
Akira Kurosawa
Producers
Akira Kurosawa
Writers
Akira Kurosawa
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
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User Reviews
11.13.2008 by biglummox (10/10)
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100
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96%
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47 votes
96%
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2,273 votes
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93
16 votes
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
135,728 votes
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Yojimbo & Sanjuro
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