Yojimbo (film)
 Yojimbo (用心棒 Yōjinbō) 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 (1962) was altered to feature a very similar lead character.