Yôjinbô

Released Year: 1961

Certificate: Not Rated

Runtime: 110 minutes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 0

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa

No of Votes: 111244

Gross: N/A

Overview: A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

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