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	Yojimbo (1961) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Revealing mistakes: When Sanjuro practices throwing the knife at a leaf, the wire on the knife is clearly visible (the scene was filmed backwards; the knife was actually pulled off the leaf by the wire).
		'Yojimbo' was a massive influence on many spaghetti westerns, specifically 'A Fistful Of Dollars', but before you bay for Sergio Leone's blood, please read Dashiell Hammett's detective classic 'Red Harvest', published in 1929 and you'll see that Kurosawa lifted his plot from it.
		Walter Hill later "remade" 'Yojimbo' (or 'Red Harvest' depending on your perspective) as 'Last Man Standing' and David Lynch gave a small nod to it in his 'Wild At Heart'.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0055630 (516 words)

	Yojimbo (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yojimbo (用心棒) is a 1961 jidaigeki film by Akira Kurosawa, in which a ronin, portrayed by Toshiro Mifune, arrives at a small town with competing crime lords making their money from gambling, and convinces each crime lord to hire him as protection from the other.
		Yojimbo was later remade as A Fistful of Dollars, a spaghetti western directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood; Youth of the Beast, a modern Japanese yakuza crime movie directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Shishido Jo; and remade, yet again, in a 20th century "gangster" genre, as Last Man Standing, starring Bruce Willis.
		Yojimbo created a new type of onscreen antihero in which the hero is seen as dirty and lacking manners instead of the typical clean-cut hero.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yojimbo_(movie) (779 words)

	Yojimbo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Often Yojimbo were Ronin hired by the Yakuza and rather used as executioners and assassins than bodyguards.
		Yojimbo is also a 1961 action film by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune.
		Yojimbo is also the name of a secret aeon found in the video game Final Fantasy X.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yojimbo (149 words)

	Yojimbo Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Yojimbo was originally shot in super-wide 2.55:1, as evidenced by the cut-off opening credits and the film's trailer, which is shown with titles uncropped and the frame pushed down slightly from the screen's center.
		Yojimbo's box also assures us that it was "created from a 35mm composite fine-grain master." One wouldn't guess from the jumping frames and deep scratches of the opening credits and blemishes on several scenes, though the specks soon die down and the viewer is treated to a rich range of grays and shadows.
		Yojimbo's image quality surpasses that of the previous Kurosawa Criterion disc, Seven Samurai: From the tiny leaves fluttering in the wind as he first confronts Ushitora's henchmen to the pile of severed body parts he leaves behind, Sanjuro's harsh realm is shown with a clarity unseen since the '60s.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=7351 (1009 words)

	Yojimbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Yojimbo is a scathing criticism of the growth of Western-style capitalism in Japan.
		Yojimbo can therefore be described as "a kind of allegory of the corporation and the corporate society" (Cawelti 77).
		In Yojimbo, Sanjuro exacts his revenge on capitalism and the merchant class, not only for causing the demise of the samurai, but also for eroding traditional social values with mercantile values.
	www.students.haverford.edu /east/east260/projects/yojimbo.html (3956 words)

	Orbital Reviews: Yojimbo (1961) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (a title that literally means "the bodyguard") is another of his most popular successes and one of his greatest films.
		Yojimbo mirrors American Westerns in many ways because Westerns often focus on the lone warrior whose way of life as a gunfighter is coming to an end amidst a changing society.
		Both The Hidden Fortress and Yojimbo are just pure fun and easily the most accessible of the four works, which is not to say the best.
	orbitalreviews.com /movies/Yojimbo.html (1526 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Yojimbo
		In order to rid a village of corruption, masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage.
		Criterion is proud to present Yojimbo in a luminous Tohoscope transfer.
		Yojimbo is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=52 (100 words)

	Kurosawa
		Yojimbo (The Bodyguard) is about a samurai with no master that goes from town to town as a hired sword.
		The streets in Yojimbo are empty and we see this from a distance and yet we are not isolated from Mifune's character.
		Both Yojimbo and Fist Full of Dollars are entertaining films but Sergio Leone could not recreate the same story with the same affect as Kurosawa had done.
	www3.baylor.edu /~Brooks_Grigson/papers/Kurosawa.html (2015 words)

	MBC \| The Yojimbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The first Yojimbo was a liner-lock folder with an O-1 tool steel blade and ambidextrous thumb stud that I made myself to illustrate and validate its concept.
		His phenomenal one-of-a-kind effort prompted an immediate interest in the design and helped motivate Spyderco to complete their Yojimbo prototype and unveil it at the November 2002 New York City knife show.
		The Yojimbo is listed in the 2004 Spyderco catalog; however, as of January 2004, it is still undergoing final pilot-run testing to ensure the maximum possible strength from its compression-lock design.
	www.martialbladeconcepts.com /yojimbo.htm (352 words)

	Yojimbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Yojimbo has some long scratches are still found, but the clarity of the print is astounding.
		Yojimbo is a blueprint that laid the ground work for western cinema and transformed modern Japanese cinema in its wake.
		Criterion's release of Yojimbo is a godsend for those who've awaited for a digital transfer of this classic.
	www.10kbullets.com /reviews/yojimbo.htm (481 words)

	Yojimbo (1961)
		Yojimbo is a triumph of realisation for Akira Kurosawa, both in its direction and script.
		Technically, Yojimbo is fully under the control of Kurosawa, in everything from spatial positioning of the on-screen figures to the incidental sound effects.
		Yojimbo is a truly memorable creation which partially explains how it crosses cultural borders so successfully, appealing to universal themes.
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Yojimbo.html (654 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Yojimbo (Widescreen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Yojimbo is striking for its unorthodox treatment of violence and morality, reserving judgment on the actions of its main character and instead presenting an entertaining tale with humor and much visual excitement.
		Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo is a not too long, not too short action film that uses its action with just the right touches of voracity and excitement, and in the backdrop is also a sense of humor to the process.
		And finally, the sight of Yojimbo leaving town, arms drawn in, sleeves empty and limp on his sides, swaggering to the beat of the soundtrack as the movie ends.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0780022513 (1913 words)

	Bare Bones Software : PRODUCTS : YOJIMBO
		Yojimbo makes keeping all the small (or even large) bits of information that pour in every day organized and accessible.
		Yojimbo’s mechanism for collecting, storing and finding information is so natural and effortless, it will change your life—without changing the way you work.
		There are as many uses for Yojimbo as there are users of it.
	www.barebones.com /products/yojimbo/index.shtml (269 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Yojimbo review
		This indicator occurs in Yojimbo when the ronin walks into the barren town and is greeted by a dog carrying a human hand in its mouth, obviously having just scavenged its supper.
		Yojimbo does exhibit occasional scars including the reel change markers, but otherwise contrast, brightness, and sharpness are as good as I expect this film will ever look, barring an expensive restoration.
		Yojimbo tells a classic story, overseen by one of the great directors of the medium.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/yojimbo.htm (867 words)

	cityonfire.com \| Yojimbo
		Yojimbo, albeit dubbed often as an action film, is not exactly action packed and the action scenes themselves are nothing completely special - what really irked me was that there was no sound effects when Sanjuro wielded his sword - no "swissshhh" and "kapwinggg" to be heard, man, that's annoying innit.
		As such, this film is more of a social satire in samurai garments, and its construction, narrative and the plot served as a blueprint for the action movie industry of the future.
		Still, Yojimbo retains much of its charm even 40 years after, thanks to a towering performance by Mifune who is a complete package - a fighter, a joker, a schemer, a glutton, a philosopher, and whatnot.
	www.cityonfire.com /japanese/yojimbo.html (994 words)

	Final Fantasy Gurus.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Yojimbo is the easiest secret aeon to aquire on your journies.
		You can find him in the back of the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth; which is beneath the bridge in the area to the north of the calm lands, where you faught Defender-X. As you progress through the cave, you will need to defeat Yojimbo before you can proceed.
		There you will need to pay Yojimbo for his services "To defeat the most powerful of enemies." He will initially offer 250,000 gil for this.
	www.ffgurus.net /ff10/aeons.php?aeon=yojimbo (184 words)

	Square-Central \| Final Fantasy X \| Yojimbo
		Yojimbo is a paid agent who fights for money, he is obtained from the cave of the stolen fayth.
		Yojimbo attacks the enemy with his sword to cause major damage to all enemies
		Yojimbo attacks the enemy with his sword to cut all enemies in half
	www.square-central.com /ff10/yojimbo.shtml (82 words)

	Yojimbo
		Yojimbo was shorter than the other tape (Seven Samurai) so I watched it first.
		Percussive instruments dominate the soundtrack, supplying the film with a wild, untamed energy that is matched by many of the diegetic sounds (wooden doors opening and closing, paddle druming, feet sprinting on floorboards).
		Yojimbo is an all-time classic that is easy to watch and enjoy, especially with ample pots of sake.
	www.heroic-cinema.com /review.php?ID=yojimbo (347 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Yojimbo
		But while this odd coupling does suggest the most obvious hereditary traits of Kurosawa’s fl comedy, it fails to capture the joy with which he demolishes the clichés of the venerable genres he has appropriated.
		Yojimbo comes as a sort of anticlimax at the end of this prodigious decade.
		He doesn’t hesitate to slay a few thugs just to demonstrate his skill or, once hired, to doublecross his gang and become “the bodyguard who kills the bodies he’s hired to guard,” as Pauline Kael writes.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=52&eid=68§ion=essay (389 words)

	PointBlank: Anime Reviews - Kaze no Yojimbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		While Yojimbo, according to many, can be considered one of the greatest Kurosawa films, and perhaps one of the best films in all of Japanese cinema, the anime adaptation is far from it.
		Director Hayato Date understood that, which is most likely why he decided to make Kaze no Yojimbo a modern adaptation of the original Yojimbo, since he realized he was going to have to change a lot of the plot dynamics anyway.
		Yojimbo is one of my all time favorite samurai films about a wandering ronin who stumbles upon this town that is being torn apart by two groups of gangs who rule over it.
	www.point-blank.cc /reviews/index.php?ident=198 (1474 words)

	ToxicUniverse.com - Akira Kurosawa - 1961 - Yojimbo Movies Review
		Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo is like a cross between a western and a gangster picture, and I find this interesting since the movie has been remade as both (A Fistful of Dollars and Last Man Standing).
		Kurosawa has used violence effectively in many of his films, so it is surprising how tame the violence was in Yojimbo.
		Yojimbo is one of Kurosawa’s lighter works; while most of his films are deep and heavy in content, this one seems made for the sake of clever twists and sly humor.
	www.toxicuniverse.com /review.php?rid=10003325 (878 words)

	Yojimbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This film is, without a doubt, one of the greatest movies in motion picture history and truly establishes Kurosawa as the great film director that he is. It would be hard not to credit Yojimbo as the most influential film of modern action movies.
		The superb script for Yojimbo, done by Akira Kurosawa and Ryuzo Kikushima, along with a near flawless job of editing, again by Kurosawa, is just another aspect of the film that is done so well.
		Yojimbo is one of the few films that I actually watched three times in a row after my first viewing, I was that captivated.
	www.tohokingdom.com /web_pages/reviews/yojimbo.htm (554 words)

	Final Fantasy Odyssey \| FF X >> Aeons: Yojimbo
		Kozuka – Yojimbo attacks by throwing a knife.
		Zanmato – Yojimbo attacks by chopping of the enemy’s head.
		Yojimbo seems to be a substitute to the summon in previous FFs, Odin.
	www.ffodyssey.com /ff10/aeons_yojimbo.shtml (176 words)

	Yojimbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		On the surface Yojimbo is nothing more than an engaging entertainment from Kurosawa, a director with a well-defined social conscience.
		The most recent attempt to capture the spirit of Yojimbo was Last Man Standing, a lamentable attempt by director Walter Hill starring Bruce Willis in the samurai-like role.
		While the source material for this transfer of Yojimbo is okay, there are many minor blemishes that detract from the presentation and some significant element damage that is happily of relatively short duration.
	www.filmsondisc.com /DVDpages/yojimbo.htm (614 words)

	Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Usagi Yojimbo
		Sakai was the letterer on the first appearance of Groo the Wanderer (1982), and has continued in that capacity through no less than five publishers; and in 1985 he created Usagi Yojimbo.
		Usagi Yojimbo (Japanese for "rabbit bodyguard") began as a whimsical design — a rabbit with his ears tied up in a samurai-like topknot.
		In 1985, Sakai starred his rabbit, whose actual name is Miyamoto Usagi, in a short story in the second issue of a fl and white anthology comic titled Albedo, published by a minor outfit that has since gone out of business.
	www.toonopedia.com /usagi.htm (609 words)

	Usagi Yojimbo - Comic Book Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Usagi Yojimbo #86: 31 Aug 2005, Part 4 of "The Treasure of the Mother of Mountains".
		Usagi Yojimbo #87: 05 Oct 2005, Part 5 of "The Treasure of the Mother of Mountains".
		Usagi Yojimbo #88: 26 Oct 2005, Part 6 of "The Treasure of the Mother of Mountains".
	comics.wikicities.com /wiki/Usagi_Yojimbo (2153 words)

	OAFE - TMNT: Usagi Yojimbo review
		At the same time their faces were plastered all over bedsheets, lunchboxes and an entire merchandising tsunami, they tried to bring some of their fl and white indie comic bretheren along for the ride, including the rabbit bodyguard Usagi Yojimbo.
		Usagi showed up in the original cartoon and toyline, but he was just on loan: TMNT creators Eastman and Laird stayed true to their roots when they hit the big time.
		Created by Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo is the story of Miyamoto Usagi, a masterless ronin in Japan's Edo period, wandering the land on a shogyusha, or warrior's pilgrimage.
	www.oafe.net /yo/tmnt_uy.php (628 words)

	Intelliflix: Rent YoJimbo on DVD
		In order to rid a village of corruption, masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a territory war between two evil clans to his own advantage.
		This exhilarating gangster-Western remains one of the most influential and entertaining genre-twisters ever produced.
		Yojimbo is both an influential film and an incredible mess.
	www.intelliflix.com /movie_view.dvd?id=5833 (199 words)

	Yojimbo: Criterion Collection on DVD - MovieWeb
		In director Akira Kurosawa's comedic YOJIMBO, a masterless samurai, Sanjuro (Toshirô Mifune), wanders into a town divided by two warring clans.
		In the classic final showdown, the old world samurai is pitted against new world progress, and must use both his wits and physical prowess to survive.
		Yojimbo - In director Akira Kurosawa's comedic YOJIMBO, a masterless samurai, Sanjuro (Toshirô Mifune), wanders into a town divided by two warring clans.
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?037429141328 (444 words)

	Usagi Yojimbo Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Usagi Yojimbo (Literally "Rabbit Bodyguard", can be written うさぎ用心棒 or 兎用心棒) is a comic book series created by Stan Sakai.
		Set in the beginning of Edo period Japan (early 17th century), with anthropomorphic animals replacing humans, it features a rabbit ronin, Miyamoto Usagi, who wanders the land on a shogyusha (warrior's pilgrimage) occasionally selling his services as a bodyguard.
		There was also a computer game called Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo released for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum platforms in 1988, by the now defunct computer game label Firebird.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Usagi_Yojimbo (577 words)

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