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Mood:
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- Anti HeroesGangLone WolvesSamuraiBetrayalCrimesDishonestyHeroes more...
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Genres:
- ActionCrimePeriodForeign
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Time/Period:
- 19th Century
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- AsiaJapanSmall TownVillage
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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- Award WinnerClassicCritically AcclaimedMasterpiece
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- Based on Book
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- SeriousRealisticSlow
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- B&W
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- Violent Content
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Yojimbo, 1961
Japanese
Japan
Profile of Yojimbo
Yojimbo can be described as atmospheric, exciting, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around samurai, lone wolves, and antiheroes. The main genres are foreign, action, and crime. In approach, Yojimbo is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, in a village and in a small town. Yojimbo is located in Japan. It takes place in the 19th century. Visually, it is black and white. Yojimbo is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being a classic, a masterpiece, and an award winner. It is well suited for a boys' night. Note that Yojimbo involves violent content.
Summary of Yojimbo
In director Akira Kurosawa's comedic Yojimbo, a masterless samurai, Sanjuro (Toshirô Mifune), wanders into a town divided by two warring clans. After displaying his formidable swordsmanship before both clans in a brawl with street thugs, Sanjuro offers his services to the highest bidder. When one clan conspires against him, the clever warrior switches his allegiance to the other side, with the ultimate goal of tricking the two equally despicable and foolish clans into exterminating each other. Sanjuro's authority is challenged, however, when Unosuke (Tatsuya Nakadai), a brother of one of the leaders, comes to town wielding a modern contraption: a gun. In the classic final showdown, the old world samurai is pitted against new world progress, and must use both his wits and physical prowess to survive.
Perhaps Kurosawa's most overtly comic film, Yojimbo easily ranks with the director's finest work. In this reconception of the Western, Mifune plays Sanjuro, the tough mercenary of few words, to perfection, often allowing his subtle movements and swift actions speak for him. Throughout the entire film, Sanjuro is vigilant yet stoic, conceding that he finds the scenario entertaining and absurd, and essentially has nothing to lose. Mifune's outstanding performance, combined with Kurosawa's expert direction and Kazuo Miyagawa's beautifully balanced photography, makes for one of the finest, and funniest, films in Japanese cinema.
Details
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | September 1961 |
| Runtime: | 110 min |
Cast and Crew
as Gonji, tavern keeper
as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
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Users Reviews
- 20.September.2010
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- by: WeWhoEat
- WeWhoEat rated this movie
0/10
- 12.December.2009
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- by: JediMan
- JediMan rated this movie
10/10Must See
