Toshirō Mifune · 1961

1 Toshirō Mifune movie from 1961 on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including Yojimbo.

Decade

All 8 1940s 1 1950s 3 1960s 3 1970s 1

Year

All 3 1960 0 1961 1 1962 1 1963 1 1964 0 1965 0 1966 0 1967 0 1968 0 1969 0

Yojimbo(1961)

8.1/10

dir. Akira Kurosawa

S-Tier

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.

BFI · Two Films by Akira Kurosawa