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    Yojimbo 1961 POSTER

    Yojimbo

    1961

    Japanese

    8.2

    83

    96%

    96%

    Action

    bodyguard

    Drama

    gambling

    japan

    samurai

    sword

    swordplay

    Thriller

    Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Director Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Gonji - Tavern Keeper Isuzu Yamada Isuzu Yamada as Orin Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai Seizaburô Kawazu Seizaburô Kawazu as Seibê - Brothel Operator
    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.
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