Yojimbo
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.
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Optional Dolby Digital 3.0 soundtrack, preserving the original Perspecta simulated-stereo effects (DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
- 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, featuring Kurosawa, actor Tatsuya Nakadai, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, and longtime Kurosawa collaborator Teruyo Nogami
- Theatrical teaser and trailer
- Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and comments from Kurosawa and his cast and crew
Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Collector's Sets
Collector's Set
Collector's Set
Collector's Set
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Optional Dolby Digital 3.0 soundtrack, preserving the original Perspecta simulated-stereo effects (DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
- 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, featuring Kurosawa, actor Tatsuya Nakadai, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, and longtime Kurosawa collaborator Teruyo Nogami
- Theatrical teaser and trailer
- Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and comments from Kurosawa and his cast and crew
Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune
- Kuwabatake Sanjuro
- Tatsuya Nakadai
- Unosuke
- Yoko Tsukasa
- Nui
- Isuzu Yamada
- Orin
- Daisuke Kato
- Inokichi
- Seizaburo Kawazu
- Seibei
- Takashi Shimura
- Tokuemon
- Hiroshi Tachikawa
- Yoichiro
- Yosuke Natsuki
- Kohei’s son
- Eijiro Tono
- Gonji
- Kamatari Fujiwara
- Tazaemon
- Ikio Sawamura
- Hansuke
- Atsushi Watanabe
- Cooper (casket maker)
- Susumu Fujita
- Homma
- Kyu Sazanka
- Ushitora
- Ko Nishimura
- Kuma
- Takeshi Kato
- Kobuhachi
- Akira Tani
- Kame
- Tsunagoro Rashomon
- Kannuki, the giant
- Yoshio Tsuchiya
- Kohei
Credits
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Produced by
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Produced by
- Ryuzo Kikushima
- Screenplay by
- Ryuzo Kikushima
- Screenplay by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Cinematography by
- Kazuo Miyagawa
- Production design by
- Yoshiro Muraki
- Lighting by
- Choshiro Ishii
- Sound by
- Choshichiro Mikami
- Music by
- Masaru Sato
- Swordplay instructor
- Yoshio Sugino
- Swordplay technique
- Ryu Kuze
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A scene from Yojimbo
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