Yojimbo

SPECIAL EVENTS Toshiro Mifune stars as a crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. More info

Akira Kurosawa's classic that inspired Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars!

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master (Toshirô Mifune), 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 (Kamatari Fujiwara) and sake merchant Tokuemon (Takashi Shimura) to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

"A masterpiece of film making in the grand manner" - Time Magazine

Rating: CTC

Runtime: 110 mins

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Actors: Toshiro Mifune

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas

Thu, Nov 7:

18:30

Sun, Nov 10:

13:30

Prospect Cinemas

No sessions running at Prospect this week

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