Yojimbo
1961·Movie
·1h 50min·
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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.
Classic Samurai FilmMoral AmbiguityFeudal JapanMasterful DirectionIconic Anti-HeroGang WarfareSocial SatireBlack and White CinematographyStylized ViolenceTimeless Storytelling
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Directed by:
Akira Kurosawa, Shirō Moritani, Teruyo Nogami
Written by:
Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima
Produced by:
Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima
Composed by:
Ichirô Minawa, Masaru Satō, Masanobu Miyazaki
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