Yojimbo, o Guarda-Costas
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Yojimbo, o Guarda-Costas

Os Sete Samurais se fosse apenas um Samurai!

1961 • 110 min • Drama · Thriller

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Um samurai errante entra em uma pequena cidade dividida por dois chefes do crime rivais. Ele habilmente manipula ambos os lados, incitando uma guerra de gangues para livrar a vila de seus líderes corruptos. É um conto clássico de um herói solitário que traz justiça a um lugar sem lei.

Violence & peril
6/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
3/10
Romance & sensuality
1/10
Scary moments
4/10

Heads up

  • Lutas de espada e brigas estilizadas frequentes com um pouco de sangue visível.
  • Personagens bebem álcool e fumam, principalmente em casas de jogos.
  • Temas de crime, corrupção e manipulação de pessoas.

What it models well

  • A justiça triunfa sobre a corrupção
  • Coragem diante do perigo
  • Defendendo os vulneráveis

Talk about it after

  • A natureza de um herói: Sanjuro é realmente bom ou apenas menos mau?
  • As consequências da ganância e das lutas por poder
  • Como uma pessoa pode fazer a diferença em uma situação 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 reviewers

I 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 reviewers

Akira 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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