Yojimbo
is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers. The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, and Atsushi Watanabe. In the film, a rōnin arrives in a small town where competing crime lords fight for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the newcomer as a bodyguard.
Plot
In 1860, during the final years of the Edo period, a rōnin wanders through a desolate countryside. Coming to a fork in the road, he chooses which path to take at random.
More details
| author | Akira Kurosawa |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Japan |
| director | Akira Kurosawa |
| editor | Akira Kurosawa |
| genre | action adventure crime drama historical |
| keywords | bakumatsu bugyō burn capture chattel edo period elderly couple expect fight final years gambling debt gang war government official izakaya kidnap kill learn local farmers morning morus mulberry field open personal property rōnin sake young man |
| musicBy | Masaru Sato |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White |
| producer | Akira Kurosawa Ryūzō Kikushima Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| productionCompany | Kurosawa Production Toho |
| publisher | Toho |
| recordedAt | Japan |
| theme | action drama japanese jidaigeki yakuza |