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YOJIMBO

Director:

  Akira Kurosawa
  

Year Released:

  1961

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Kamatari Fugiwara
  Seizaburo Kawazu
  Toshiro Mifune
  Tatsuya Nakadai
  Eijiro Tono
Movie Haiku:A dark comedy in Samurai dress. Mifune strides into town & finds himself in the middle of 2 warring clans, both of whom immediately try to hire the masterless Ronin. Thru deceit & double-dealing, he brings both families down, then exits alone to the same inimitable theme song.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2001