{"product_id":"yojimbo-sanjuro-limited-edition-4k-uhd","title":"Yojimbo | Sanjuro Limited Edition 4K UHD","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eYojimbo\u003c\/strong\u003e' | '\u003cstrong\u003eSanjuro\u003c\/strong\u003e' Director: Akira Kurosawa (1961 \/ 1962) BFI Limited Edition 2-Disc 4K Ultra HD | \u003cem\u003eJapanese w\/ English subtitles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eYojimbo\u003c\/em\u003e (1961):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eYojimbo\u003c\/em\u003e was\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAkira Kurosawa’s\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003etribute to the widescreen action Westerns of John Ford and was itself remade as a Western by Sergio Leone as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fistful of Dollars\u003c\/em\u003e. Played by the great Toshir\u003cspan\u003eō\u003c\/span\u003e Mifune, the film’s enigmatic samurai is a scruffy and itinerant warrior who wanders into a strange town and right into the middle of a war between two clans. 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