Yojimbo (1961)

Not under 16

Reason:ViolenceProfanity

Plot

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 unscrupulous men.

Cast

Toshirô Mifune

Tatsuya NakadaiUnosuke, gunfighter

Yōko TsukasaNui

Tessa PosnanskyInokichi

Takashi ShimuraTokuemon, sake brewer

Eijirō TōnoGonji, Tavern Keeper

Kamatari FujiwaraTazaemon

Susumu FujitaHomma, Instructor Who Skips Town

Tessa PosnanskyRonin Kobuhachi

Writers and directors

Akira KurosawaDirector

Other films by the same director

Yume1990

Ran1985

Kagemusha1980

Tengoku to jigoku1963

Sanjuro1962

User reviews

Sign in to write a review

Sign in

No reviews yet. Be the first to write one!

Reviews from other sources

+ Add a review

No reviews yet. Be the first to add one!

TMDB reviews

Andres Gomez ★ 8.0/10

Great movie! Akira Kurosawa is just a master movie maker.16. Jun 2014

→

CRCulver ★ 9.0/10

Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film YOJIMBO is a Japanese period drama where wily strategy is worth just as much as prowess with a sword. In the late Edo era (some decades before its end in 1868) a community i…5. Jun 2018

→

CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

I was surprised when I saw this, how late it was set - 19th Century - as I'd always imagined it to be of a more historical nature. That doesn't remotely detract from the story though - as again Kurosa…13. Aug 2023

→

Images

Backdrops

🔍

🔍

Posters

🔍

🔍

🔍

🔍

🔍

🔍