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Yojimbo
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| Tookey's Rating |
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8
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8.91
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| Starring |
Toshiro Mifune  , Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu
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Directed by:
Akira Kurosawa
Written by:
Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni
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| Released: |
1961 |
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ACTION
ADVENTURE
BLACK COMEDY
FOREIGN
COMEDY
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| Origin: |
Japan |
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| Length: |
110 |
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A resourceful samurai warrior named Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) teaches two warring factions a brutal lesson. |
Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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Amusing, highly entertaining western in oriental dress. Kurosawa was obviously inspired by those westerns in which a lone gunslinger comes to town, but here he puts a spin on the tradition where the hero fights on behalf of good versus bad, order versus chaos. Kurosawa's anti-hero is a self-interested cynic and the two factions in town are as bad as each other; therefore, he has to destroy everyone.
The movie was influential on all spaghetti westerns, but especially A Fistful of Dollars, which is virtually a remake. The sequel, Sanjuro (1962) is also worth seeing.
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