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"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."
"Toshirō Mifune plays a wandering Samurai who becomes embroiled in a small town's feud and orchestrates the town's self-destruction. A humorous parody of a classic western."
"A Samurai Classic. The plot is simply a hired sword and the feuding factions of 1860 in rural Japan."
"Two violent clans in a Japanese village attempt to hire a samurai warrior in preparation for their future battles."
"Two violent clans in a Japanese village attempt to hire a samurai warrior in preparation for their future battles."@en
"In the 1860's, a wandering samurai exploits two gangs who are fighting for control of a village. Toshiro Mifune is superb as the samurai-with-no-name who teaches both warring factions a lesson in this tounge-in-cheek take on the samuri genre. Later remade as 'A Fistful of Dollars' by Sergio Leone, the film epitomises the traffic of ideas, traditions and techniques between East and West."
"In the year 1860, Toshiro Mifune, a wandering samurai-for-hire, with cynical integrity, wanders into a windswept frontier town inhabited by two equally bad warring clans. Mifune emerges as a one-eyed king, in an apocalypse that is exhilarating, funny, and horrifying."
"Two warring clans in 19th century Japan bid for the services of nomadic Samurai warrior."
"Action drama set in Japan in the 1860's, when the emergence of a middle class brought about the fall of the Tokugawa dynasty. A masterless samurai becomes involved in a civil war and decides to settle it by allowing each side to exterminate the other. Tells how he carries out his plan and then leaves the town as he came."
"In 19th-century Japan, a samurai-for-hire becomes involved in a small town's gang war."
"A wandering Samurai becomes embroiled in a small town's feud and turns it to his advantage. Remade as "A Fistful of Dollars" with Clint Eastwood."
"Superb tongue-in-cheek samurai picture, the plot of which resembles a Western; Mifune is perfection as samurai up for hire in a town with two warring factions, both of whom he teaches a well-deserved lesson. The inspiration for A Fistful of Dollars."
"Two warring clans vying for power bid for the services of a wandering samurai-for-hire."
"Un samurái desocupado se pone a sueldo de dos familias rivales, comenzando a matar a los de un bando por indicación del otro y viceversa."
"In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. It is a satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness. Toshirō Mifune plays a wandering Samurai who becomes embroiled in the small town's feud and orchestrates the town's self-destruction. A humorous parody of a classic western."
"Een krijgshaftige Japanse samoerai moet kiezen tussen twee rivaliserende clans in een stadje."
"Un samurai solitario en medio de una lucha entre dos clanes enemigos, se pone sucesivamente al servicio de cada uno de los bandos, hasta que consigue acabar con ambos grupos rivales y llevar el orden y la paz al corrompido pueblo japonés donde se deasarollan la acciones. Tomando como punto de partida la novela Cosecha roja de Dashiell Hammett, Kurosawa consiguio trasladar al ambiente del Japón feudal el desencantado héroe de la novela y el cine negro. El resultado es brillante en todos los rubros."@es
"Action drama set in Japan in the 1860's, when the emergence of a middle class brought about the fall of the Tokugawa dynasty, a masterless samurai becomes involved in a civic war and decides to settle it by allowing each side to exterminate the other. Tells how he carries out his plan and then leaves the town as he came."
"A laserdisc version of the film by Akira Kurosawa in its original widescreen format. Toshiro Mifune plays Sanjuro, an unheroic, ultra-pragmatic ronin who is not only alienated but is self-aware, a hero who ironically in the context of the genre cannot find satisfaction or release through action. Also available on VHS."
"In the 1860's a samurai wanders into a small town & finds it torn apart by two feuding merchants who are trying to control the local gambling. The samurai hires himself out to one merchant as a bodyguard or 'yojimbo'. A humorous parody of a classic western."
"Action drama set in Japan in the 1860's, when the emergence of a middle class brought about the end of power to the Tokugawa dynasty. A Samurai risks his life to settle a dispute between rival merchants."
"A wily samurai turns a war between two clans to his advantage."
"In a flea bitten, dusty Japanese town, a ronin (unemployed samurai) finds himself in the middle of a feud between two warring mafia's. On one side of town a local silk merchant is building a small army, while on the other, a sake merchant is hiring anybody who can carry a sword. The two merchants engage in a bidding war to employ the services of the itinerant samurai, but he has his own plans. Disgusted by both sides, the samurai, (Mifune) instigates a war between the two factions and with great pleasure sits in the town's bell tower watching them cut each other to pieces. After freeing the daughter of a local villager from bondage, he leaves the town in search of further exploits. Yojimbo was the inspiration for several Sergio Leone films including the Clint Eastwood vehicle, A Fistful of Dollars which was made a few years later. Kurosawa portrays 19th century Japan as a society where corruption and calamity are so commonplace that the distinction between bandits and samurai have become blurred. Kurosawa was one of the few Japanese directors who was allowed to work with relative creative freedom, his early films were consistently commercially successful, as was the case with Yojimbo. Kurosawa's films along with his contemporaries Ozu, Mizoguchi, and Ichikawa raised Japanese cinema onto the world stage in the period immediately after World War II."@en
"Au XIXe siècle, un samouraï, Sanjuro, arrive dans un village japonais divisé en deux factions rivales. Sanjuro ne met pas longtemps à prouver sa valeur et, de chaque côté, on cherche à obtenir ses services. Le samouraï feint de s'engager tantôt pour une bande, tantôt pour l'autre, pendant qu'il se prépare en secret à éliminer l'une et l'autre. Cela n'ira pas sans peine et c'est après une tuerie impressionnante que Sanjuro repartira."
"A samurai comes to a town devastated by civil war between two rival factions and succeeds in getting the two sides to exterminate each ohter. Japanese dialogue with English subtitles."
"Toshiro Mifune plays a wandering Samurai who becomes embroiled in a small town's feud and orchestrates the town's self-destruction. A humorous parody of a classic western."
"In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness."
"Two warring clans vying for power bid for the services of a wandering samurai-for-hire. He becomes embroiled in the dispute and orchestrates the town's self-destruction."
"Set in Japan during the 1860s, the newly emerging middle class brings about the fall of the Tokugawa dynasty. A masterless samurai becomes involved in a civic war between rival merchants, settling the dispute."
"A samurai intervenes in a struggle between two warring factions in a small town."
""A wandering samurai-for-hire turns a war between two merchant families to his own advantage."--Www.kitparker.com."
"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."
"Tells a story a samurai who brings about a mutual destruction of town's rival factions."
"En el Japón del siglo XIX, Sanjuro, un samurai errante que vaga sin rumbo fijo, llega a un pueblo dividido entre dos clanes mafiosos y se dedica a sembrar aún más cizaña entre ellos con un solo fín."
""Japon, XIXe siècle. Un samouraï errant fait étape dans un village terrorisé par deux clans rivaux. En se ralliant successivement à l'un et à l'autre, il va précipiter leur chute et sauver les villageois de leur joug."--Site web Wikipédia."
"En 1860, un samouraï très astucieux réussi à détourner à son avantage la guerre entre deux clans qui se combattent pour le contrôle d'une petite ville."
"A wandering samurai tricks two rival gangs of cut-throats into destroying one another [c.f Halliwell's]."
"A samurai intervenes in the struggle between two warring factions in a small Japanese town beset by political uprisings."
"A wandering samurai-for-hire turns a war between two merchant families to his own advantage."
"A laserdisc version of the film by Akira Kurosawa in its original widescreen format. Toshiro Mifune plays Sanjuro, an unheroic, ultra-pragmatic ronin who is not only alienated but is self-aware, a hero who ironically in the context of the genre cannot find satisfaction or release through action."
"In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness. Includes theatrical trailer."
"See summary in Chinese."
""To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, the wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage."--Container."@ja
""To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, the wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage."--Container."
"A nineteenth century wandering samurai arrives in a village plagued by two warring criminal factions. He seeks employment as a hired killer, but finds both sides so offensive he sets out to eliminate them all."
"A samurai comes to a town devastated by civil war between two rival factions and succeeds in getting the two sides to exterminate each other."
"A humorous parody of a classic western in which a wandering samurai becomes embroiled in a small town's feud and orchestrates the town's self-destruction."
"Director Akira Kurosawa's influential 1961 effort, an action-packed, sometimes humorous reconception of the individualistic loner from the American Western, stars Mifune, the director's leading man of choice, as a samurai-for-hire who becomes involved in a dispute between two warring factions in a small village."@en
"In the 1860's a down-at-heels samurai wanders into a small town and finds it torn apart by two feuding merchants who are trying to control the local gambling. The samurai hires himself out to one merchant as a bodyguard or "yojimbo.""
"Sanjuro is a mercenary, a sword for hire, available to the highest bidder. He arrives in a village and is advised to leave because civil war is imminent, but he prefers to stay. Two bands of cutthroats hired by bosses disputing over gambling territory terrify the village. Sanjuro seeks work as a hired killer, but the grossness of his would-be colleagues so offends his sense of propriety that he happily sets about to eliminate them all, as quickly as possible and as deviously as possible."
"A wandering Samurai-for-hire eventually finds a dramatic solution to the problems of a town with two warring clans."
"In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. It is a satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness."
"Two warring clans vying for power bid for the services of a wandering samurai-for-hire. He becomes embroiled in the dispute and orchestrates the town's self-destruction. A humorous parody of a classic western."
"A digitally mastered version ofthe film featuring the 'samurai with no name' which was eventually remade by Sergio Leone as 'A fistful of dollars'. Directed by Akira Kurosawa."@en
"A digitally mastered version of the film featuring the 'samurai with no name' which was eventually remade by Sergio Leone as 'A fistful of dollars'."@en
"The story of a samurai who wanders into a town in turmoil. Pitting the town's two warring clans against each other, the mysterious samurai plays a profitable, yet dangerous game."
"Action drama set in Japan in the 1860s, when the emergence of a middle class brought about the fall of the Tokugawa dynasty. A masterless samurai becomes involved in a civic war and decides to settle it by allowing each side to exterminate the other. Tells how he carries out his plan and then leaves the town as he came."
"The story of a samurai who wanders into a town in turmoil. Pitting the town's two warring clans against each other, The mysterious samurai plays a profitable, yet dangerous game."
"To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage."
"In mid-nineteenth century Japan, an itinerant Samurai warrior rids a small town of two warring factions of gamblers."
"En el siglo XIX, en un Japón todavía feudal, un samurái llega a un poblado donde dos bandas de mercenarios luchan entre sí por el control del territorio. Muy pronto el recién llegado da muestras de ser un guerrero invencible, por lo que los jefes de las dos bandas intentan contratar sus servicios."
"一名傑出劍客, 來到一條村莊, 得知兩幫惡霸互相爭奪地盤, 有意替天行道, 故意挑釁雙方拼鬥, 從而把他們殲滅."
"A wandering Samurai becomes embroiled in a small town's feud."@en
"A wandering Samurai becomes embroiled in a small town's feud."
""In 1860 the emergence of a middle class has brought about the end to power of the Tokugawa Dynasty. A samurai, once a dedicated warrior in the employ of royalty, now finds himself with no master to serve other than his own will to survive, and no devices other than his wit and sword.""
"In the year 1860, a wandering ronin turns the war between two gangs fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. He promises to fight for both sides, and then proceeds to destroy both sides."
"1800''lerin Japonyası''da Sanjuro isimli gezgin bir samuray, iki rakip çetenin arasında bölünmüş bir kasabaya gelir. Bir sokak savaşında yeteneklerini sergiledikten sonra, en fazla parayı veren tarafa kılıcını kiralar. Alçak ruhlu ve hain insanlar olan taraflar, Sanjuro''ya ihanet ettikçe o taraf değiştirir."
"A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town."
"Sanjuro, a wandering samurai enters a rural town in nineteenth century Japan. After learning from the innkeeper that the town is divided between two gangsters, he plays one side off against the other. His efforts are complicated by the arrival of the wily Unosuke, the son of one of the gangsters, who owns a revolver. Unosuke has Sanjuro beaten after he reunites an abducted woman with her husband and son, then massacres his father's opponents. During the slaughter, the samurai escapes with the help of the innkeeper; but while recuperating at a nearby temple, he learns of innkeeper's abduction by Unosuke, and returns to the town to confront him."
"A wandering samurai-for-hire eventually finds a dramatic solution to the problems of a town with two warring clans."
"In the 1860's, a down-at-heels samurai wanders into a small town and finds it torn apart by two feuding merchants who are trying to control the local gambling. The samurai hires himself out to one merchant as a bodyguard or "yojimbo""