Yojimbo 1961
8.091 /10
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.
Release Dates
| Country | Release Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| AU | DVD | Jan 1, 2000 |
| ES | DVD | May 16, 2001 |
| FR | DVD | Jan 25, 2017 |
| GB | DVD | Mar 17, 2025 |
| NL | Streaming | Jun 26, 2025 |
| NL | DVD | Sep 7, 2004 |
| US | DVD | Jan 1, 1999 |
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Full Cast & Crew
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Unosuke, gunfighter
Nui
Orin
Inokichi
Seibê - brothel operator
Tokuemon, sake brewer
Kohei's Son
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Tazaemon
Hansuke
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Ushitora
Kuma
Ronin Kobuhachi
First Samurai
First Foot Soldier
Kohei
Magotaro
Roku - Samurai Whose Arm is Cut
Matsukichi
Kumosuke
Ushitora Follower
Yahachi
Second Samurai
Traveler
Farmer's Ex-wife
Seibei Follower
Seibei Follower
Ushitora Follower
Seibei Follower
Ushitora Follower
Seibei Follower
Woman at Seibei's House
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
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10/10 because I'm a Marvel Fanboy
If there were not an audience for Marvel comic heroes than clearly these films would not be made, to answer one other reviewer although I sympathize with him somewhat. The world is indeed an infinitely more complex place than the world of Marvel comics with clearly identifiable heroes and villains. But I get the feeling that from Robert Downey, Jr. on down the organizer and prime mover as Iron Man behind the Avengers these players do love doing these roles because it's a lot of fun. If they didn't show that spirit of fun to the audience than these films would never be made.
So in that spirit of fun Avengers: Age Of Ultron comes before us and everyone looks like they're having a good time saving the world. A computer program got loose and took form in this dimension named Ultron and James Spader who is completely unrecognizable is running amuck in the earth. No doubt Star Trek fans took notice that this guy's mission is to cleanse the earth much like that old earth probe NOMAD which got its programming mixed up in that classic Star Trek prime story. Wouldst Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise had a crew like Downey has at his command.
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Cast & crew of
Yojimbo
Directors & Credit Writers
Executive Producer
Original Music Composer
Screenplay
Executive Producer
Director
Editor
Screenplay
Producer
Production Design
Cast
Unosuke, gunfighter
Nui
Orin
Inokichi
Seibê - brothel operator
Tokuemon, sake brewer
Kohei's Son
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Tazaemon
Hansuke
The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Ushitora
Kuma
Ronin Kobuhachi
First Samurai
First Foot Soldier
Kohei
Magotaro
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