Yojimbo

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Theatrical Release Date:

12/11/1991

DVD Release Date:

09/28/1999

Run Time:

110min.

Starring:

Toshiro Mifune , Eijiro Tono , Tatsuya Nakadai , Seizaburo Kawazu , Isuzu Yamada

Director(s):

Akira Kurosawa

Distributor(s):

Toho

MPAA Rating:

Not Yet Rated

Genre(s):

Action

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 ... Read More

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