Yojimbo (1961)

Movie Details

Original Title 用心棒

Original Language JA

Status Released

Popularity 3.9

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Popularity: 2.7

Tatsuya Nakadai

Unosuke, gunfighter

Popularity: 2.5

Yōko Tsukasa

Nui

Popularity: 1.5

Isuzu Yamada

Orin

Popularity: 1.5

Daisuke Katō

Inokichi

Popularity: 1.8

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seibê - brothel operator

Popularity: 1.3

Takashi Shimura

Tokuemon, sake brewer

Popularity: 2.5

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Yoichiro

Popularity: 1.2

Yōsuke Natsuki

Kohei's Son

Popularity: 1.6

Eijirō Tōno

Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Popularity: 1.6

Kamatari Fujiwara

Tazaemon

Popularity: 1.8

Ikio Sawamura

Hansuke

Popularity: 0.9

Key Crew

Executive Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryūzō Kikushima

Screenplay Ryūzō Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa

Director Akira Kurosawa

Editor Akira Kurosawa

Producer Akira Kurosawa

Production

TOHO

Videos & Trailers

Yojimbo (1961) Original Trailer [4K]

Trailer

YOJIMBO Trailer (1961) - The Criterion Collection

Teaser

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

japan samurai swordplay gambling sword bodyguard black and white fighting family intrigue ronin jidaigeki revolver edo period feudal japan 19th century business rivalry middleman asian western rivals

Reviews from TMDB

Andres Gomez 8/10

Jun 16, 2014

Great movie! Akira Kurosawa is just a master movie maker.

CRCulver 9/10

Jun 5, 2018

Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film YOJIMBO is a Japanese period drama where wily strategy is worth just as much as prowess with a sword. In the late Edo era (some decades before its end in 1868) a community is plagued by two opposing gangs who have built up a criminal empire of prostitution and gambling. Ev ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Aug 13, 2023

I was surprised when I saw this, how late it was set - 19th Century - as I'd always imagined it to be of a more historical nature. That doesn't remotely detract from the story though - as again Kurosawa casts Yoshirô Mifune ("Sanjûrô") in the leading role. Here he is a wandering samurai who arriv ... Read more