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{{Infobox Movie
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|name = Yojimbo
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|picture = Yojimbo-poster.jpg
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|caption = ''Film Poster''
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|country = [[Image:Japan.jpg|25px]]
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|director = [[Akira Kurosawa]]
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|date= 1961
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|language = Japanese
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|studio=Toho
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|distributor=Toho Company
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|character1="Kuwabatake Sanjuro", the ronin
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|actor1=[[Toshirô Mifune]]
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|character2=Unosuke
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|actor2=[[Tatsuya Nakadai]]
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}}
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'''The following firearms were used in the film ''Yojimbo'':'''
 
'''The following firearms were used in the film ''Yojimbo'':'''
[[Image:Yojimbo-poster.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''Yojimbo'' (1961)]]
 
  
'''''Yojimbo''''' is a Japanese samurai movie starring [[Toshiro Mifune]] and [[Tatsuya Nakadai]], directed by [[Akira Kurosawa]].  It notably features only one gun, which plays an important role in the hands of Nakadai.
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'''''Yojimbo''''' is a Japanese samurai movie starring [[Toshirô Mifune]] and [[Tatsuya Nakadai]], directed by [[Akira Kurosawa]].  It notably features only one gun, which plays an important role in the hands of Nakadai.
  
 
It was remade many times: ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]], [[Django]], [[Last Man Standing]], [[Lucky Number Slevin]], [[Sukiyaki Western Django]],'' and ''[[Inferno]]'' are the most well-known.  Though Kurosawa sued Leone (director of [[A Fistful of Dollars]]) for plagiarism (Kurosawa won and was a producer of the Japanese release), ''Yojimbo'' itself is unofficialy based on Dashiell Hammett's noir novel "Red Harvest."  
 
It was remade many times: ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]], [[Django]], [[Last Man Standing]], [[Lucky Number Slevin]], [[Sukiyaki Western Django]],'' and ''[[Inferno]]'' are the most well-known.  Though Kurosawa sued Leone (director of [[A Fistful of Dollars]]) for plagiarism (Kurosawa won and was a producer of the Japanese release), ''Yojimbo'' itself is unofficialy based on Dashiell Hammett's noir novel "Red Harvest."  

Revision as of 20:47, 23 March 2014


Yojimbo
Yojimbo-poster.jpg
Film Poster
Country Japan.jpg
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Release Date 1961
Language Japanese
Studio Toho
Distributor Toho Company
Main Cast
Character Actor
"Kuwabatake Sanjuro", the ronin Toshirô Mifune
Unosuke Tatsuya Nakadai


The following firearms were used in the film Yojimbo:


Yojimbo is a Japanese samurai movie starring Toshirô Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai, directed by Akira Kurosawa. It notably features only one gun, which plays an important role in the hands of Nakadai.

It was remade many times: A Fistful of Dollars, Django, Last Man Standing, Lucky Number Slevin, Sukiyaki Western Django, and Inferno are the most well-known. Though Kurosawa sued Leone (director of A Fistful of Dollars) for plagiarism (Kurosawa won and was a producer of the Japanese release), Yojimbo itself is unofficialy based on Dashiell Hammett's noir novel "Red Harvest."


Smith & Wesson Model 2

Unosuke the gunfighter (Tatsuya Nakadai) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 2 under his clothes and uses it in what may be the most memorable sword-vs-gun fight ever seen. (This inspired a similar moment at the end of Walter Hill's film The Warriors, which featured a knife vs. a gun.)

Smith & Wesson Model 2 .32 Short
Unosuke (Tatsuya Nakadai) holds his Model 2 on our hero.
Unosuke (Tatsuya Nakadai) uses his Model 2 to dispatch the opposing gang boss.
Cropped screen capture showing better profile of the Model 2.

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