The Ronin (Yojimbo)
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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).
Based on the success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa's Sanjuro of 1962 was altered to feature a very similar lead character.
The film has been remade several times, see "Influence," below.
The film is set in 1860, near the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
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