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Additional authors

1. Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998

Description

1. 1 videocassette (110 min.) : sd., b&w.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. In nineteenth-century Japan, the emergence of a middle class and the decline of the Tokugawa Dynasty eliminated the need for the samurai warrior. This comedic and anarchistic tale is the story of a samurai without a master to serve. Sanjuro Kawabatake wanders into a town in the midst of civil war. On one side stands the silk merchant, Fujiwara; on the other side is the sake merchant, Shimura. Both are equally evil. Sanjuro sees their strife as an opportunity to enrich himself as well as secure immediate food and lodging. He is hired by Fujiwara as a "yojimbo," or bodyguard, but devises a devious plan of his own. He pretends to hire himself out to Shimura and secretly kills some of his men. The samurai is caught, brutally beaten and imprisoned. He escapes and witnesses a momentous battle betwen the two factions. When the warring is over, Sanjuro surveys the field of corpses and displays a sense of accomplishment at finally bringing peace to the village. This film influenced western filmmaking and was re-made in as A Fistful of dollars.

Subject

1. Foreign films
2. Samurai films
3. Foreign films -- Japan
4. Motion pictures -- Japan
5. Japan -- Fiction

Genre/Form

1. Feature films.

Note

1. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Credits (note)

1. Director, Akira Kurosawa; screenplay, Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa; photography, Kazuo Miyagawa; music, Masaru Sato.

Performer (note)

1. Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu.

Title

1. Yojimbo [videorecording] / Toho.

Imprint

1. Los Angeles : The Voyager Company, 1961.

Credits

1. Director, Akira Kurosawa; screenplay, Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa; photography, Kazuo Miyagawa; music, Masaru Sato.

Cast

1. Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu.

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1. Request Access to Reserve Film and Video Collection Special Collections material

Added author

1. Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.

Branch call number

1. VTH 995 Y