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Yojimbo

Remastered Criterion Collection Edition

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Toshirô Mifune (Actor), Eijirô Tôno (Actor), Akira Kurosawa (Director, Editor, Producer, Writer) Rated:

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A free-lance samurai works both sides of the street in a village split by warring merchants. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

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The Criterion Collection's 2007 disc is a must-have for any serious cinephile. The film is presented with an all-new, fully restored high-definition digital transfer, representing (as in the case of Seven Samurai) a significant improvement over Criterion's previous DVD release. It features a full-length commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince (with eloquent emphasis on camera movement and composition) in addition to a retrospective documentary culled from the priceless Japanese Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, featuring illuminating interviews with many of Kurosawa's closest collaborators. A theatrical trailer and behind-the-scenes photo gallery are also included, along with new-and-improved subtitles, insightful booklet essays, and rarely seen production notes by Kurosawa and members of his cast and crew. With this reissue, Criterion's previous release of Yojimbo should now be considered officially obsolete. --Jeff Shannon

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All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer
Optional Dolby Digital 3.0 soundtrack, preserving the original Perspecta simulated-stereo effects
Audio commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
A 45-minute documentary on the making of Yojimbo, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
Theatrical trailer and teaser
Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
New and improved English subtitle translation
Booklet featuring an essay by critic Alexander Sesonske and notes from Kurosawa and his cast and crew

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Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima
Producers: Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Format: Multiple Formats, Black & White, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Japanese (Dolby Digital 1.0), Japanese (Dolby Digital 3.0)
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
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Studio: Criterion
DVD Release Date: January 23, 2007
Run Time: 110 minutes
Average Customer Review: 249 customer reviews
ASIN: B000K0YLZ0
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,355 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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- #1852 in Movies & TV > DVD > Foreign Films
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Elvin OrtizTop Contributor: DC Comics

An Adventure to Watch this Film

June 19, 2017

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First time I've seen this film and I loved it. It is quite dark about human nature, unlike The Seven Samurai, Rashomon, and The Hidden Fortress. It is more graphically violent than these previous film, but not intolerably so. It is a story of how a samurai successfully pits two groups of gangsters in a small town who have been quarreling against each other already. The samurai, who resembles a drifter in an American western (e.g., Shane or The Searchers), once arrives to the town concocts his plan to destroy these rivaling gangs to give the town a new beginning. It is a film that has influences from American films and has also influenced other American films, particularly Sergio Leone's Man with no Name saga.

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Daniel S.

FOR A FISTFUL OF RYOS

April 19, 2000

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Akira Kurosawa's YOJIMBO is a samurai movie set in Japan in 1860. That period was characterized by political turmoils and deep social changes. Samurais found no masters anymore and had to survive by selling their wit and their arms if they didn't want to turn into ronins, into mad warriors. In the far country, they could appear as substitutes of the law officers who didn't dare to show up.
Toshiro Mifune stars as the no-name samurai who will benefit from the war going on between two gangs in one of these out-of-the-law towns. At this point, if you're an average movie lover, you will have recognized in YOJIMBO several themes used two or three years later by numerous italo-american filmmakers responsible for the revival of the western genre between 1962 and 1970.
In fact, while I was admiring the skill of Toshiro Mifune, I couldn't refrain myself from counting the numerous situations borrowed by Sergio Leone in his Eastwood trilogy. Close-ups of the ugly faces of the outlaws, use of the widescreen format in order to film in the best possible way the streets duels, a musical score which haunts your mind and is part of the action, bloody details (the hand in the dog's mouth...) and a great sense of humor.
I love Sergio Leone's movies but I think that it's of the utmost importance or simply by politeness to remember that YOJIMBO is the first Spaghetti western and that Akira Kurosawa has practically invented the myth of the no-name stranger.
A scene access, colour bars and a trailer as bonus features. Great sound for a great musical score but, unfortunately, a master copy with such defaults as lines or white and black spots.
A pre-Clint DVD.

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Pat R.

Great cinematography.

January 9, 2018

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There were many, many beautifully filmed scenes, and unforgettable characters. I can only imagine the fun they had figuring out who would wear what costume, how many times Mifune would scratch himself and who would wear what grimace on his face. So well done!

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Sal Paradise

Great Introspective Film!

March 26, 2002

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I recently ordered this film on DVD,though I have seen it more than once on IFC (Independent Film Channel) and I have always found Kirosawa's films to be reflective of real life situations. People are basically a cross between good and evil, with some variations of extremes between the two. The ronin in this film is like a robinhood type slash heroic type knight who certainly takes advantage of the stupid feud between two dominant houses but also he helps a young couple escape certain doom, however his plans backfire and...well I am not going to tell the whole movie. I think Akira Kirosawa was the best filmmaker that has ever lived, next to Kubrick and I dare say Lynch. If you have never seen this film before you should see it without a doubt, some of the best films are in monochrone black and white so don't let that bother you. This is a humorous and insightful film, dealing with human nature and how ridiculous people look when they go to extremes. It pays to just sit back and be a clearful observer, taking advantage from people guided solely by emotion.

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IAN SAKURA 7

this is classic samurai theater at its best. toshiro is amazing as the 2 timing samurai ...

March 7, 2015

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this is classic samurai theater at its best. toshiro is amazing as the 2 timing samurai who pits the 2 ganga of criminals against one another. this is akira -sama a this best as a director its has all the aspects of samurai theater with humor, double dealing , and classic sword fighting.. I can see why fellow legendary director Sergio leoni used this story as ma guide to his classic film with A FISTFULL OF DOLLARS.

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"three coffins... better make that four"

April 24, 2002

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"Yojimbo" may be Akira Kurosawa's most approachable film. On one level, it is pure entertainment. Mifune is perfect as the grubby super samurai. He embodies the anti-hero, the man-with-no-name who is not cultured or pure but still uses his strength on the side of the right. The bad men are clearly bad, and identify themselves as such. The fight scenes are flashy, unlike the realistic sword fights of "The Seven Samurai."
On another level, "Yojimbo" shows Kurosawa's feelings about the encroaching capitalism and it's effect on Japanese culture. The businessmen have replaced the outlaw bandits and the villains. In a normal world, the corrupt Yakuza would swarm over the innocent workers and corrupt their children. Here, Kurosawa embodies a force of resistance. A samurai who can pit sword against pistol and out-fight ten men at once. He is a hero.
It is precisely these metaphors that lifts "Yojimbo" beyond a simple chambra (swordfight) flick, and make it a Kurosawa movie. I highly recomend this film.

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Michael Valdivielso

A lone stranger comes into town...

August 1, 2003

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A masterless samurai, by the name of Sanjuro, shows up one day and finds the town in the grasp of two evil clans. Both clans wish to run the town and its businesses. As you know, when a town has two bosses it has one boss too many...oh, you've seen this movie before? A Fistful of Dollars? Well, you're right. That was one of the remakes of THIS film, right down to the unhappy inn keeper, the main character scratching his chin a lot and even an exchange of a son and a mistress. Lots of sword fighting, humor and great art. While I like Eastwood, just check out my reviews of his older movies, I would have to say this is the better verison of the story. The DVD is in Japanese with optional subtitles in English, Chinese, Thai and Malay. It also has the original trailer and is shown in letterbox format, so you don't miss any of the action.
Sit down with some fried rice, a bottle of sake (don't forget to warm it) and ENJOY!

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Emile Kfouri

Great movie and a true classic

Great movie and a true classic. Worth the time to watch and way better the the Sergio Lione movie

Published 28 days ago

Barry Rucker

Kurosawa's vision of humans as predatory beasts

The opening shot of a dog with a severed human hand in its mouth presages the rest of the film. The story is about a master samurai's shifting loyalties in a violent feud.Read more

Published 3 months ago

David Sieg

of a story full of good humor.

This is a gorgeous B&W rendition, of a story full of good humor.

Published 4 months ago

Beeyohbee

Great Classic story telling

Great classic story telling in a genre of raw and realistic cultural Japan. A joy to watch again and again simply for the lessons played out for the benefit of the audience.

Published 4 months ago

John Ark

Five Stars

Every man must see this movie.

Published 5 months ago

Hachi

Fantastic! Great Japanese Samurai classic

Fantastic! Great Japanese Samurai classic. Main Character plays all with their own greed and is fun to watch in his manipulation of the town.Read more

Published 5 months ago

Thomas matthew posey

Great.

Great flick that inspired many later films. Such as Last man standing and A fist full of dollars.Some of the characters did not mesh with my personal tastes, but i can forgive...Read more

Published 7 months ago

TalkinTexas

Excellent Movie - Must-See Category

Excellent movie. The quality of the movie was good. Streaming worked fine.

Published 7 months ago

Tinka

Five Stars

Fantastic historical flick.

Published 8 months ago

Frederick

The movie guys movie

Love this movie always have just a classic everyone should watch

Published 9 months ago

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