Yojimbo (1961) | |
| Director(s) | Akira Kurosawa |
| Producer(s) | Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka (executive) |
| Top Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller/Suspense |
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Yojimbo (1961) was a Action - Crime Film directed by Akira Kurosawa and produced by Akira Kurosawa and Tomoyuki Tanaka.
Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Costume Design | Yoshiro Muraki | Nominated |
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Yojimbo (1961)
By Beatrice on Nov 27, 2014 From Flickers in TimeYojimbo Directed by Akira Kurosawa Written by Akira Kurosawa and Ry?s? Kikushima 1961/Japan Kurosawa Production Company/Toho Company Repeat viewing/Criterion Collection DVD This is certainly the most fun film Kurasawa ever made. For all the violence, it just makes me smile. A ronin (masterless... Read full article
Kurosawa Classic: Yojimbo (???)
By Rachel T on Apr 19, 2014 From Sunset BlvdOne of the best aspects of the study of cinema is watching the story of a magnificent art form unfold, and observing a kind of great conversation blossom between filmmakers across the world. In many ways, Yojimbo is the continuation of the classic Hollywood tradition; one need not look too deeply to... Read full article
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[to Hansuke]
Unosuke, gunfighter: You want to see something interesting?
Unosuke, gunfighter: [in Japanese] By the way, those six men were cut up pretty well. You're the only one around here good enough to have done something like that.
Sanjuro: [in Japanese] And your point?
Unosuke, gunfighter: [in Japanese] I'm thinking that you were the one who killed those six men.
Orin: Kill one or a hundred. You only hang once.
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In one scene, the samurai shows incredible skill at knife-throwing by impaling a blowing leaf against a wooden floor. This was accomplished by running the shot backwards. In the frame before the knife hits the leaf, you can see a slit in the leaf the same size and at the exact point where the knife penetrates it a frame later.
Yojimbo is an uncredited film version of Dashiell Hammett's novel 'Red Harvest', which has yet to be filmed. Red Harvest is about a detective who comes to a small city and sets two sides of a gang war against one another until both gangs are almost completely wiped out. The scenes where Toshirô Mifune's character is held and beaten, however, was taken from Hammett's novel The Glass Key, which has been adapted for the screen twice.
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