Where to Watch Yojimbo
- David DanielJanuary 24, 2025This is a culturally historic film, it is a perfect distillation of post war Japan and the crisis that would eventually shape the nihilism of later generation of Japanese directors
- Ray HopkinOctober 4, 2026Just an absolute masterpiece in filmmaking. Kurosawa crafts an exquisite movie about a Ronin coming to a two-bit town and playing two rival gangs off of each other. I'm a huge fan of A Fistful of Dollars, and I've seen this before, but it still strikes me as amazing how much influence this has had on cinema since. Mifune is brilliant, as is the script and cinematography. The way Kurosawa uses darkly humorous situations, with lights, angles, shadows, close-ups, wide shots, etc etc, is just masterful and perfection. This is a classic that never ages, and rewards you with every re-watch.
- Heinrich Muller (The HuMensch)September 26, 2026Another banger by Kurosawa.! So good, Sergio Leone decided he’d outright copy or plagiarize, entire scenes from the movie. So much so, that Kurosawa successfully sued and gained a percentage of Leone’s film’s revenue.
- mickerdooMay 4, 2026Western style samurai movie. Cunning protagonist that keeps the power changing hands.
- Elliot047March 3, 2026How many times will Akira Kurosawa tell us he's the GOAT?
- MechaJayZillaSeptember 3, 2025A Kurosawa and Mifune classic. Inspiration for a later western film. Enjoyable no matter how many times I've seen it.
- j.pete6February 3, 2025Fking amazing, Mifune is so good. A very compact story. For some reason my favorite Kurosawa at the moment.
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Yojimbo was released on April 25, 1961.
Yojimbo was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Yojimbo has a runtime of 1h 50m.
Yojimbo was produced by Akira Kurosawa.
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.
The key characters in Yojimbo are Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai (Toshirō Mifune), Unosuke, gunfighter (Tatsuya Nakadai), Nui (Yōko Tsukasa).
Yojimbo is rated Not Rated.
Yojimbo is a Drama, Action, Thriller film.
Yojimbo has an audience rating of 9.6 out of 10.
Yojimbo has made $562K at the box office.