YOJIMBO

1961. AKIRA KUROSAWA.  STARRING TOSHIRO MIFUNE.  ACTION.  SAMURAI. PERIOD. DRAMA.

Yojimbo (用心棒 Yōjinbō?) is a 1961 jidaigeki (period drama) film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It tells the story of a ronin, portrayed by Toshiro Mifune, who arrives in a small town where competing crime lords vie for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the deadly newcomer as a bodyguard (yojimbo in Japanese).