| The Bodyguard - Yojimbo (1961)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Toshiro Mifune |
Sanjuro Kuwabatake
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| Eijiro Tono |
Gonji the Sake Seller
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| Tatsuya Nakadai |
Unosuke
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| Isuzu Yamada |
Orin
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| Seizaburo Kawazu |
Seibei
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| Hiroshi Tachikawa |
Yoichiro
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| Daisuke Kato |
Inokichi
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| Kyu Sazanka |
Ushitora
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| Kamatari Fujiwara |
Tazaemon
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| Yoshio Tsuchiya |
Kohei the Farmer
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| Yôko Tsukasa |
Nui
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| Daisuke Katô |
Inokichi, Ushitora's rotund brother
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| Seizaburô Kawazu |
Seibei, brothel operator
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| Plot |
| Toshiro Mifune portrays a Samurai who finds himself in the middle of a feud-torn Japanese village. Neither side is particularly honorable, but Mifune is hungry and impoverished, so he agrees to work as bodyguard (or Yojimbo) for a silk merchant ( Kamatari Fujiwara ) against a sake merchant ( Takashi Shimura ). He then pretends to go to work for the other, the better to let the enemies tear each other apart. Imprisoned for his "treachery," he escapes just in time to watch the two warring sides wipe each other out. This was his plan all along, and now that peace has been restored, he leaves the village for further exploits. Yes, Yojimbo was the prototype for the Clint Eastwood "Man with No Name" picture A Fistful of Dollars (1964). The difference is that Fistful relies on Eastwood for its success, whereas Yojimbo scores on every creative level, from director Akira Kurosawa to cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa to Mifune's classic lead performance. — Hal Erickson |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Crime; Drama; Foreign; Thriller |
| Director |
Akira Kurosawa |
| Producer |
Akira Kurosawa |
| Writer |
Dashiell Hammett; Ryuzo Kikushima; Akira Kurosawa |
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| Studio |
Toho |
| Country |
Japan
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| Language |
Japanese |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
110 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
9/13/1961 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
92 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
8/12/2002 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 2.35:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
037429141328 |
| Chapters |
20 |
| Release Date |
9/28/1999 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Black & White Widescreen Dolby |
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