Yojimbo
The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.
Archivist Notes
"I love both Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis, and their star power carries the remakes to great heights, but the original is far above those."
"The movie offers great entertainment with a fast paced & gripping storyline. Japanese architecture & dressing was a treat to watch. The hero's valou..."
"What a fantastic film this is, everything is so well made, so stylish and oozes class. Amusing from start to finish, filled with humanity, beautiful c..."
"On Wikipedia's entry for Dashiell Hammett some reviewers speculate that this film was inspired by Hammett's first novel Red Harvest, 1929."
"Such a good movie. Everything about this movie is entertaining to me and it just oozes style. Fun fact: yojimbo, translated literally, means "to be ..."
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