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Yojimbo
Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once
Rating
4.5 (1)
Release Date
4/25/1961Runtime
110 minsOverview
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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How It Feels
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A masterful exercise in moral ambiguity: watching a cynical drifter manipulate an entire village's greed and violence with cool detachment. The film is witty and brutal in equal measure, driven by the tension between chaos unfolding and the ronin's studied, almost bored superiority.
Mood
TenseWistfulDefiant
Themes
PowerCorruptionAmbitionIdentitySurvival
Tone
Ironic
Pacing
Steady
Look
Black and whiteFormalistHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Toshirō Mifune
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Unosuke, gunfighter
Yōko Tsukasa
Nui
Isuzu Yamada
Orin
Daisuke Katō
Inokichi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Seibê - brothel operator
Takashi Shimura
Tokuemon, sake brewer
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoichiro
Yōsuke Natsuki
Kohei's Son
Eijirō Tōno
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Kamatari Fujiwara
Tazaemon
Ikio Sawamura
Hansuke
Reviews
Sanjuro Collection
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