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Yojimbo poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 77.8 / 100
1961·Action / Drama / Thriller·1h 50m

YOJIMBO

“Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once”

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.

Above the Line
Akira Kurosawa·DirectorAkira Kurosawa·ScreenplayRyuzo Kikushima·ScreenplayKazuo Miyagawa·Director of PhotographyMasaru Satō·Original Music ComposerAkira Kurosawa·Editor
Cast
Toshirō Mifune·Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The SamuraiTatsuya Nakadai·Unosuke, gunfighterYōko Tsukasa·NuiIsuzu Yamada·OrinDaisuke Katō·InokichiSeizaburō Kawazu·Seibê - brothel operatorTakashi Shimura·Tokuemon, sake brewerHiroshi Tachikawa·YoichiroYōsuke Natsuki·Kohei's SonEijirō Tōno·Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Full Crew
(28 credits)
Directing· 4
Akira Kurosawa·DirectorTeruyo Nogami·Script SupervisorMasanobu Deme·Assistant DirectorShirō Moritani·Assistant Director
Writing· 2
Akira Kurosawa·ScreenplayRyuzo Kikushima·Screenplay
Camera· 3
Kazuo Miyagawa·Director of PhotographyTakao Saitō·First Assistant CameraDaisaku Kimura·Focus Puller
Editing· 2
Akira Kurosawa·EditorReiko Kaneko·Editorial Production Assistant
Sound & Music· 5
Masaru Satō·Original Music ComposerIchirô Minawa·Sound Effects EditorMasanobu Miyazaki·Sound MixerChôshichirô Mikami·Sound RecordistHisashi Shimonaga·Sound Recordist
Art & Design· 4
Yoshirō Muraki·Production DesignYoshirō Muraki·Costume DesignYoshifumi Honda·Assistant Art DirectorKôichi Hamamura·Property Master
Production· 4
Ryuzo Kikushima·Executive ProducerAkira Kurosawa·ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka·Executive ProducerHiroshi Nezu·Production Supervisor
Other Departments· 4
Chōshirō Ishii·Lighting TechnicianRyū Kuze·ChoreographerYoshiko Matsumoto·HairstylistJunjirō Yamada·Hairstylist
By the Numbers
77.8
OF 100
Master Score
8.2
OF 10
IMDb
95%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
1 NOMS
Oscar Wins
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