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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Akira Kurosawa |
| Stars: |
Toshir? Mifune |
| Actors: |
Isuzu Yamada |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Drama · Japanese |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Criterion Collection |
| UPC: |
037429074336 |
| Release Date: |
1961 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 50min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Japanese |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 50min
Release Company: Criterion Collection (January 09, 2007)
UPC: 715515020824 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 50min |
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Professional Reviews
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(1/01/2001, p.107, Ceri Thomas): "...Probably the most influential action movie made....[The film] cemented Akira Kurosawa's rep as one of cinema's all-time greats..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"When you're angry you look even nicer."--Sanjuro (Toshir? Mifune) to a street thug
"You just try and kill me!"--A street thug to Sanjuro
"It'll hurt a little."--Sanjuro |
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In director Akira Kurosawa's comedic YOJIMBO, a masterless samurai, Sanjuro (Toshir? 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. <br> <br> 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 pe... |
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