![]() ![]() In 1860, during the final years of the Edo period, a rōnin wanders through a desolate Japanese countryside. It was unofficially remade by Sergio Leone as the Spaghetti Western film A Fistful of Dollars (1964), leading to a lawsuit by Toho. The film grossed an estimated $2.5 million worldwide. Yojimbo received highly positive reviews, and, over the years, became widely regarded as one of the best films by Kurosawa and one of the greatest films ever made. The film was released and produced by Toho on April 25, 1961. In both films, the character wears a rather dilapidated dark kimono bearing the same family mon. The two bosses each try to hire the newcomer as a bodyguard.īased on the success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa's next film, Sanjuro (1962), was altered to incorporate the lead character of this film. ![]() It tells the story of a rōnin, portrayed by Toshiro Mifune, who arrives in a small town where competing crime lords vie for supremacy. Kurosawa wrote the screenplay with Kikushima and Hideo Oguni based on Kurosawa's story. Yojimbo ( 用心棒, Yōjinbō, "Bodyguard") is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who produced the film with Tomoyuki Tanaka and Ryūzō Kikushima. ![]()
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