Yōjinbō

The Resource Yōjinbō
Label
Yōjinbō
Statement of responsibility
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurosawa Purodakushon sakuhin ; kyakuhon Kikushima Ryūzō, Kurosawa Akira ; seisaku Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima Ryūzō ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira
Title variation
  • Bodyguard
  • Akira Kurosawa's yojimbo
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • jpn
  • jpn
Summary
In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness. Includes theatrical trailer
Member of
Cataloging source
TOL
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa; music, Masaru Sato; executive producers, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima
Language note
In Japanese with optional English subtitles
PerformerNote
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Eijiro Tono, Ikio Sawamura, Seizaburo Kawazu, Kamatari Fujiwara, Isuzu Yamada, Atsushi Watanabi, Kiji Sazanka, Yoko Tsukasa, Daisaku Kato, Tatsuya Nakadai
Runtime
110
Series statement
  • The Criterion collection
  • The classic collection
Series volume
52
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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