Yojimbo Movie Review 1961

Two clans vying for political power bid on the services of a laconic masterless samurai Sanjuro (Mifune), who comes to their small town in 1860. The samurai sells his services to both parties, with devastating results for all. Japanese with subtitles or dubbed. Re-made by Sergio Leone as the 1964 western "A Fist Full of Dollars."

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Samurai, Assassination, Director/Star Teams: Kurosawa & Mifune, Anti-Heroes, Mercenaries, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima

Cast

Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Isuzu Yamada, Seizaburo Kawazu, Kamatari (Keita) Fujiwara, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Kato, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Susumu Fujita, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Kyu Sazanka, Ko Nishimura, Ikio Sawamura, Yoko Tsukasa

Cinematography

Kazuo Miyagawa

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Music

Masaru Sato

Producer

Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Seneca International Films