Yojimbo. El mercenario
1961 • 110 min • Drama · Thriller
Our family guide
Best from age 14- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 81 Audience · 1717 · 49%
Un samurái errante entra en un pequeño pueblo dividido entre dos jefes criminales rivales. Él manipula hábilmente a ambas partes, incitando una guerra de pandillas para librar al pueblo de sus líderes corruptos. Es una historia clásica de un héroe solitario que trae justicia a un lugar sin ley.
- Violence & peril
- 6/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Frecuentes peleas y combates con espada estilizados con algo de sangre visible.
- Los personajes beben alcohol y fuman, particularmente en las casas de juego.
- Temas de crimen, corrupción y manipulación de otros.
What it models well
- La justicia triunfa sobre la corrupción
- Valentía ante el peligro
- Defender a los vulnerables
Talk about it after
- La naturaleza de un héroe: ¿Es Sanjuro realmente bueno, o simplemente menos malo?
- Las consecuencias de la codicia y las luchas de poder
- Cómo una persona puede marcar la diferencia en una situación caótica
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Top billed cast
Director: Akira Kurosawa • Crew: Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa
Trailers & clips
Yojimbo (1961) Original Trailer [4K]
YOJIMBO Trailer (1961) - The Criterion Collection
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersI was surprised when I saw this, how late it was set - 19th Century - as I'd always imagined it to be of a more historical nature. That doesn't remotely detract from the story though - as again Kurosawa casts Yoshirô Mifune ("Sanjûrô") in the leading role. Here he is a wandering samurai who arrives in a village torn by strife.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersAkira Kurosawa's 1961 film YOJIMBO is a Japanese period drama where wily strategy is worth just as much as prowess with a sword. In the late Edo era (some decades before its end in 1868) a community is plagued by two opposing gangs who have built up a criminal empire of prostitution and gambling. Even the local officials are on the take. Into this town steps a nameless samurai (Toshiro Mifune).…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 8.1/10 (1,717)
- Age rating
- NR
- Status
- Released
- Franchise
- Sanjuro Collection
- IMDb
- tt0055630
