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Yojimbo

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用心棒

Kill one or a hundred... you only hang once

1961·110 min·Released
Studio: TOHO
8.1TMDb
8.2IMDb
96%RT
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Theatrical Apr 25, 1961Physical Jan 1, 1999
Nexus ms28392TMDb 11878IMDb tt0055630
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Japan · Japanese · Foreign

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A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

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japansamuraiswordplaygamblingswordbodyguardblack and whitefightingfamilyintrigueroninjidaigekirevolveredo periodfeudal japan19th centurybusiness rivalrymiddlemanasian westerngrand

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