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
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Collector's Sets
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
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune
- 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
Credits
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Screenplay
- Ryuzo Kikushima
- Screenplay
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Producer
- Ryuzo Kikushima
- Cinematography
- Kazuo Miyagawa
- Production design
- Yoshiro Muraki
- Music
- Masaru Sato