Yojimbo

In this Japanese samurai film directed by the great Akira Kurosawa, a rónin* arrives in a small town where competing crime lords fight for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the newcomer as a bodyguard. Over the years this film has become widely regarded as one of the best films by Kurosawa and one of the greatest films ever made.

(* Ronin is a Japanese term that can be translated to ‘wave man’. Ro means wave, and nin means man or person. The term was used to describe the masterless samurai who were constantly in flux and floating, like a wave)

Dir: Akira Kurosawa: Japan 1961 (111 mins)

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