“Kurosawa has made the first great shaggy-man movie. Yojimbo is a glorious comedy-satire of force: the story of a bodyguard who kills the bodies he is hired to guard.”
—Pauline Kael

“A textbook example of the perfect crowd-pleaser.”
—Slant Magazine

“Intimate to the point of claustrophobia. Its wit is wry, its characters flawed, and its worldview uncompromisingly cynical.”
—Empire Magazine

The dynamic duo of director Akira Kurosawa and star Toshiro Mifune make their special magic in this exciting story of a samurai who hires himself out to two warring factions with the aim of destroying both. A practical blueprint for the modern action film. In 35mm.