(1961) dir. Akira Kurosawa, w/Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada [110 min, digital presentation] The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time. –The Criterion Collection
Yojimbo
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(1961) dir. Akira Kurosawa, w/Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada [110 min, digital presentation]
The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time. –The Criterion Collection