Yojimbo
1961 film directed by Akira Kurosawa
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Yojimbo is a film[1]. Yojimbo ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,127 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Akira Kurosawa[3]
- Screenwriter: Akira Kurosawa[4]
- Composer: Masaru Sato[5]
- Genre: drama film[6]
- Based on: Red Harvest[7]
- Followed by: Sanjuro[8]
- Cast member: Toshirō Mifune[9], Tatsuya Nakadai[10], Yōko Tsukasa[11], Isuzu Yamada[12], Takashi Shimura[13], Daisuke Katō[14], Eijirō Tōno[15], Kamatari Fujiwara[16], Susumu Fujita[17], Kyū Sazanka[18], Yoshio Tsuchiya[19], Hiroshi Tachikawa[20]
- Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka[21]
- Production company: Toho[22]
- Director of photography: Kazuo Miyagawa[23], Takao Saito[24]
- Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[25]
- Commons category: Yojimbo[26]
- Distribution format: video on demand[27]
- Review score: 8.8/10[28], 96%[29], 93/100[30], 8.2/10[31]
- Color: black-and-white[32]
- Country of origin: Japan[33]
- Publication date: April 25, 1961[34], May 21, 1982[35], September 13, 1961[36], 1961[37]
- Distributed by: Toho[38], Netflix[39]
- Narrative location: Japan[40]
- Filming location: Japan[41]
- Film editor: Akira Kurosawa[42]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White[43]
- Title: 用心棒[44]
- After a work by: Dashiell Hammett[45]
- FSK film rating: FSK 12[46]
Why It Matters
Yojimbo has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Yojimbo is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]