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Yojimbo (1961)
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Such was the influence of the Hollywood western on Akira Kurosawa's superb samurai action adventure that it seems only fair that it, in turn, inspired Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, the film that launched the Italian “spaghetti” western. Combining moments of comedy, intrigue and sudden, shocking violence, Kurosawa manages to celebrate the samurai genre at the same time as he is subtly subverting it. Toshiro Mifune is tremendous as the wandering warrior who sells his sword skills to both sides in a feud-torn community only to dupe them both into mutual slaughter. He returned in the sequel, Sanjuro, the following year. DP
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Running time
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105mins
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Country of origin
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Jpn
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Genre
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Action Drama
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Alternate title
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The Bodyguard
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Original language
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Japanese
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Screenplay
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Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, from the novel Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
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Subtitling information
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In Japanese with subtitles
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