Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo (1961)


Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Toshirō Mifune
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Tatsuya Nakadai
Unosuke, gunfighter

Yōko Tsukasa
Nui

Isuzu Yamada
Orin

Daisuke Katō
Inokichi

Seizaburō Kawazu
Seibê - brothel operator

Takashi Shimura
Tokuemon, sake brewer

Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoichiro

Yōsuke Natsuki
Kohei's Son

Eijirō Tōno
Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Kamatari Fujiwara
Tazaemon

Ikio Sawamura
Hansuke

Atsushi Watanabe
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

Susumu Fujita
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town

Kyū Sazanka
Ushitora

Kō Nishimura
Kuma

Takeshi Katō
Ronin Kobuhachi

Ichirō Nakatani
First Samurai

Sachio Sakai
First Foot Soldier

Akira Tani
Kame

Namigoro Rashomon
Kannuki the Giant

Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kohei

Gen Shimizu
Magotaro

Jerry Fujio
Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut

Yutaka Sada
Matsukichi

Shin Ōtomo
Kumosuke

Shōichi Hirose
Ushitora Follower

Hideyo Amamoto
Yahachi

Shōji Ōki
Sukeju

Fuminori Ōhashi
Second Samurai

Hiroshi Kiyama
Farmer

Senkichi Ōmura
Traveler

Noriko Honma
Farmer's Ex-wife

Ryusuke Nishio
Seibei Follower

Naoya Kusakawa
Seibei Follower

Nadao Kirino
Seibei Follower

Shinpei Takagi
Ushitora Follower

Jun Ōtomo
Seibei Follower

Akio Kusama
Ushitora Follower

Yasuzō Ogawa
Ushitora Follower

Hiroshi Takagi
Ushitora Follower

Jun'ichirō Mukai
Seibei Follower

Ichirō Chiba
Second Foot Soldier

Haruya Sakamoto
Ushitora Follower

Rinsaku Ogata
Seibei Follower

Takeo Ogushi
Ushitora Follower

Yoko Terui
Woman at Seibei's House

Hiromi Mineoka
Woman at Seibei's House

Michiko Kawa
Woman at Seibei's House

Akira Kurosawa
Director / Editor / Screenplay / Producer

Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography

Ryūzō Kikushima
Executive Producer / Screenplay

Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer

Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer

Reiko Kaneko
Editorial Production Assistant

Yoshirō Muraki
Costume Design / Production Design

Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor

Shirō Moritani
Assistant Director

Ryū Kuze
Choreographer

Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Recordist

Chôshichirô Mikami
Sound Recordist

Hiroshi Nezu
Production Supervisor

Yoshifumi Honda
Assistant Art Director

Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
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Details.
Release DateApril 25, 1961
Original Name用心棒
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Yojimbo (Japanese: 用心棒, Hepburn: Yōjinbō, lit. Bodyguard) is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers. The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, and Atsushi Watanabe. In the film, a rōnin arrives in a small town where competing crime lords fight for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the newcomer as a bodyguard.
Based on the success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa's next film, Sanjuro (1962), was altered to incorporate the lead character of this film. In both films, the character wears a rather dilapidated dark kimono bearing the same family mon.
The film was released and produced by Toho on April 25, 1961. Yojimbo received highly positive reviews, and, over the years, became widely regarded as one of the best films by Kurosawa and one of the greatest films ever made. The film grossed an estimated US$2.5 million worldwide with a budget of ¥90.87 million ($631,000). It was unofficially remade by Sergio Leone as the Spaghetti Western film A Fistful of Dollars (1964), leading to a lawsuit by Toho.
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