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Availability: In Stock - This item ships within 1-2 business days. If remaining stock is damaged or becomes unavailable, we will restock and ship this item to you at no additional charge. AKA: The Bodyguard || Yojimbo The Bodyguard || Yojinbo Director: Akira Kurosawa Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka  ||  Akira Kurosawa Released: 1961 [Japan] Genre: Drama     Sub-Genre: Action/Adventure Keywords:  Crime || Gangs / Gangsters || Japan / Japanese || Mercenary || Murder || Period || Politics / Politicians || Samurai || Security / Bodyguard

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Yojimbo / Sanjuro: Two Films By Akira Kurosawa [2-Disc Set]

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Avg. Rating:	4.6 / 5 (based on 7 ratings). What did you think of it?
Plot:	Toshiro Mifune plays a samurai-for-hire who becomes involved in a dispute between two warring factions in a small village.
Overview:	Director Akira Kurosawa's influential 1961 effort, an action-packed, sometimes humorous reconception of the individualistic loner from the American Western, stars Mifune, the director's leading man of choice, as a samurai-for-hire who becomes involved in a dispute between two warring factions in a small village.
Cast:	Toshiro Mifune  ||  Eijiro Tono  ||  Isuzu Yamada  ||  Takashi Shimura  ||  Tatsuya Nakadai  ||  Seizaburo Kawazu (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	110 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (Dolby Digital 1.0 - Mono) Japanese (Dolby Digital 3.0 Surround - Original Perspecta Simulated-Stereo) English ( Audio Commentary)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH
Distributor:	Criterion Collection  [A USA-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 (OAR) Mono Dolby Digital 3.0 Surround Black & White Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince "Toho Masterworks" Kurosawa Documentary (45 mins.) Stills Gallery Newly Translated Subtitles Trailers Collector's Booklet DVD-9