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Yojimbo

1961·1h 50m·Not Rated
DramaThrillerAction
IMDb Rating
★ 8.2/10
143,313 votes
Metascore
93
Metacritic

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

Yojimbo is a 1961 drama thriller movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Yôko Tsukasa, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.2/10 from 143,313 votes and runs 1h 50m.

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Director
Akira Kurosawa
Stars
Yôko Tsukasa
Toshirô Mifune
Tatsuya Nakadai
Eijirô Tôno
Details
1961-09-13
110 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ Japan
★ Japanese
Keywords
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