Yojimbo

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Yojimbo is a 1961 Japanese samurai film that follows a crafty ronin who manipulates two rival gangs in a small town, widely regarded as one of Akira Kurosawa’s most influential works.

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Yojimbo canonical 7
Yojimbo franchise 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese film
film
jidaigeki film
samurai film
awardReceived Blue Ribbon Awards Best Director for Akira Kurosawa
Mainichi Film Concours Best Actor for Toshiro Mifune
basedOn inspired by American westerns and hardboiled crime fiction
castMember Daisuke Katō
Eijirō Tōno
Isuzu Yamada
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kyū Sazanka
Seizaburō Kawazu
Takashi Shimura
Tatsuya Nakadai
Toshiro Mifune
linked to: Toshirō Mifune

Yoko Tsukasa
cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa
composer Masaru Sato
countryOfOrigin Japan
director Akira Kurosawa
distributedIn Japan
United States
distributor Toho
editor Akira Kurosawa
filmingLocation Toho Studios
linked to: Toho
genre action film
drama film
samurai film
hasSequel Sanjuro
influenced A Fistful of Dollars
Django
Last Man Standing
leadActor Toshiro Mifune
linked to: Toshirō Mifune
mainCharacter Sanjuro Kuwabatake
notableFor dark humor and satirical tone
influence on the spaghetti western genre
innovative use of widescreen cinematography
originalLanguage Japanese
plotSummary A crafty ronin manipulates two rival gangs in a small town to destroy each other.
producer Ryūzō Kikushima
Tomoyuki Tanaka
productionCompany Toho
protagonistOccupation ronin
publicationDate 1961-04-25
releaseYear 1961
runtimeMinutes 110
screenwriter Akira Kurosawa
Ryūzō Kikushima
settingPeriod late Edo period

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Akira Kurosawa notableWork Yojimbo
A Fistful of Dollars basedOn Yojimbo
Sanjuro sequelTo Yojimbo
Toshirō Mifune notableWork Yojimbo
Last Man Standing basedOn Yojimbo
Zatoichi crossOverWith Yojimbo franchise
linked to: Yojimbo