
Yojimbo (用心棒 Yōjinbō?) is a 1961 jidaigeki movie directed by Akira Kurosawa. It informs the tale of a rōnin, depicted by Toshiro Mifune, who arrives in a village where contending crime lords trying to get supremacy. The two bosses each aim to work with the novice as a bodyguard.
Based on the success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa's next movie, Sanjuro (1962), was altered to include the protagonist of this movie. [1] [2] In both movies, the character wears...