Yojimbo [videorecording] / Toho Company ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Material type:
FilmLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 52Publication details: [United States] : Janus Films and Home Vidion Cinema, 1999.Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 3 3/4 inOther title: - Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo
- Screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa ; music composed by Masaru Sato ; director of photography Kazuo Miyagawa.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | WORLD Yojimbo | Available | 33111004261240 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Toshiro Mifune portrays a Samurai who finds himself in the middle of a feud-torn Japanese village. Neither side is particularly honorable, but Mifune is hungry and impoverished, so he agrees to work as bodyguard (or Yojimbo) for a silk merchant (Kamatari Fujiwara) against a sake merchant (Takashi Shimura). He then pretends to go to work for the other, the better to let the enemies tear each other apart. Imprisoned for his "treachery," he escapes just in time to watch the two warring sides wipe each other out. This was his plan all along, and now that peace has been restored, he leaves the village for further exploits. Yes, Yojimbo was the prototype for the Clint Eastwood "Man with No Name" picture A Fistful of Dollars (1964). The difference is that Fistful relies on Eastwood for its success, whereas Yojimbo scores on every creative level, from director Akira Kurosawa to cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa to Mifune's classic lead performance. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
"New and improved English subtitle translation"--Container.
English translation of title: "The Bodyguard."
Includes original theatrical trailer.
Videodisc release of the motion pictures in 1961.
Screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa ; music composed by Masaru Sato ; director of photography Kazuo Miyagawa.
Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Isuzi Yamada.
Two warring clans vying for power bid for the services of a wandering samurai-for-hire.
DVD; Dolby digital; mono
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.