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Yôjinbô (1961)
8.4
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. Director:Akira Kurosawa |
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| Toshirô Mifune | ... | ||
| Tatsuya Nakadai | ... |
Unosuke, gunfighter
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Yôko Tsukasa | ... |
Nui
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Isuzu Yamada | ... |
Orin
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Daisuke Katô | ... |
Inokichi, Ushitora's rotund brother
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Seizaburô Kawazu | ... |
Seibê - brothel operator
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| Takashi Shimura | ... |
Tokuemon, sake brewer
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Hiroshi Tachikawa | ... |
Yoichiro
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Yôsuke Natsuki | ... |
Kohei's Son
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Eijirô Tôno | ... |
Gonji, tavern keeper
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Kamatari Fujiwara | ... |
Tazaemon
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Ikio Sawamura | ... |
Hansuke
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Atsushi Watanabe | ... |
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
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Susumu Fujita | ... |
Homma, instructor who skips town
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Kyû Sazanka | ... |
Ushitora
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Storyline
Sanjuro, a wandering samurai enters a rural town in nineteenth century Japan. After learning from the innkeeper that the town is divided between two gangsters, he plays one side off against the other. His efforts are complicated by the arrival of the wily Unosuke, the son of one of the gangsters, who owns a revolver. Unosuke has Sanjuro beaten after he reunites an abducted woman with her husband and son, then massacres his father's opponents. During the slaughter, the samurai escapes with the help of the innkeeper; but while recuperating at a nearby temple, he learns of innkeeper's abduction by Unosuke, and returns to the town to confront him. Written by Bernard Keane <BKeane2@email.dot.gov.au>
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Farmer: [in Japanese] Wait, son.
Traveler: [in Japanese] Let me go, father. It's my chance.
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Masaki Kobayashi pushed back the filming of the third part of his massive trilogy "The Human Condition" so that Tatsuya Nakadai could do "Yojimbo" for Jurosawa, stating that it would be good for him to play a totally different character for a while. See more »Goofs
Continuity: In the initial fight scene The Samurai cuts the first two adversaries in the mid-section, then slices the last man's arm off. That last man is first seen from behind holding the sword in his right arm above his head, but the arm holding the sword shown moments later is a left arm. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Farmer: [in Japanese] Wait, son.
Traveler: [in Japanese] Let me go, father. It's my chance.
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