← Cinema Atlas
Discover great cinema and the connections that made it possible.
Yojimbo poster
Synopsis

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 uns

Year1961
CountryJapan

More from Akira Kurosawa

Japan · Japanese Golden Age

Films with Similar Themes

samurai · japan · sword · black and white · bodyguard

More from Japan

Cinema of Japan