Yojimbo Movie Review
Yojimbo Review
"Yojimbo" Overview
Rating: NR
1961
Cast and Crew
Director : Akira KurosawaProducer : Akira Kurosawa
Screenwiter : Ryuzo Kikushima,Akira Kurosawa
Starring : Toshirô Mifune,Eijirô Tono,Kamatari Fujiwara,Takashi Shimura,Seizaburô Kawazu,Isuzu Yamada,Hiroshi Tachikawa,Kyu Sazanka,Tatsuya Nakadai
Kurosawa's "Japanese Western" features the oft-retold tale of a sword-toting samurai in 1600s feudal Japan who finds himself without a master. He then sells his services to both sides of warring village, with rather disastrous results. Great beginning and ending, but drags a bit in the middle. Most notably remade as the far-inferior spaghetti Western A Fistful of Dollars by Sergio Leone, as well as Bruce Willis's Last Man Standing.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
