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Yojimbo (1961) [NR]

Release Date:
April 25, 1961

Original Title:
用心棒

Alternate Titles:
Die Leibwache
El mercenario
Jodžimbo
Ochránce
The Bodyguard
Yojimbo
Yojimbo – O Guarda-Costas
Yojimbo, der Leibwächter
Yôjinbô
Телесна стража

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
TOHO

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M|PG  DE: 12  ES: A  FR: U  GB: PG  NL: 12  US: NR 

Runtime: 110

Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once

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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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Production

Assistant Art Director:
Yoshifumi Honda

Assistant Director:
Shirō Moritani
Masanobu Deme

Choreographer:
Ryū Kuze

Costume Design:
Yoshirō Muraki

Director:
Akira Kurosawa

Director of Photography:
Kazuo Miyagawa

Editor:
Akira Kurosawa

Editorial Production Assistant:
Reiko Kaneko

Executive Producer:
Ryūzō Kikushima
Tomoyuki Tanaka

First Assistant Camera:
Takao Saitō

Focus Puller:
Daisaku Kimura

Hairstylist:
Yoshiko Matsumoto
Junjirō Yamada

Lighting Technician:
Chōshirō Ishii

Original Music Composer:
Masaru Satō

Producer:
Akira Kurosawa

Production Design:
Yoshirō Muraki

Production Supervisor:
Hiroshi Nezu

Property Master:
Kôichi Hamamura

Screenplay:
Ryūzō Kikushima
Akira Kurosawa

Script Supervisor:
Teruyo Nogami

Sound Effects Editor:
Ichirô Minawa

Sound Mixer:
Masanobu Miyazaki

Sound Recordist:
Hisashi Shimonaga
Chôshichirô Mikami

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