Movie connections for
Yojimbo (1961) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962)
Zatôichi to Yôjinbô (1970)
Machibuse (1970)
Zatôichi abare-himatsuri (1970)
Shin zatô Ichi: Yabure! Tôjin-ken (1971)
Xin du bi dao (1971)
Zatôichi goyô-tabi (1972)
Shin Zatôichi monogatari: Oreta tsue (1972)
Shin Zatôichi monogatari: Kasama no chimatsuri (1973)
"Zatôichi monogatari" (1974)
Du bi shuang xiong (1976)
Zatôichi (1989)

Remade as

Per un pugno di dollari (1964)
 -  Per un pugno di dollari (1964) is a remake of Yojimbo.
Django (1966)
 -  Much like Leone's a Fistful of Dollars, Django is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo.
Kozure satsujin ken (1976)
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
Last Man Standing (1996/I)
Inferno (1999/II)
"Kaze no yôjinbô" (2001)
 -  Is a TV show remake of Yojimbo.
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
 -  Same plot.
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

Spin off

Zatôichi to Yôjinbô (1970)

Referenced in

Star Wars (1977)
Desperate Living (1977)
 -  A dog runs off with a severed appendage, but it's not a hand...
The Warriors (1979)
 -  In the final battle Swan throws a knife into the arm of the only character with a gun. Sanjuro defeats Unosuke in exactly the same way.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Kyûketsuki hantâ D (1985) (V)
 -  The character is a reference to Yojimbo.
The Princess Bride (1987)
Dip huet seung hung (1989)
 -  The beach shootout where Jeff saves the little girl is Woo's homage to Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo
Wild at Heart (1990)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Jûbei ninpûchô (1993)
Rising Sun (1993)
Brainscan (1994)
 -  The dog running with a severed limb in the mouth.
Steel Frontier (1995)
"The X Files: Pusher (#3.17)" (1996)
 -  mentioned
Rudora no hihou (1996) (VG)
Eastwood on Eastwood (1997) (TV)
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) (TV)
 -  "Yojimbo" is mentioned.
Inferno (1999/II)
American Beauty (1999)
Vampire Hunter D (2000)
 -  Like the first Vampire Hunter D the character is a reference to Yojimbo.
Sennen joyû (2001)
 -  One character in one of the films appears just like the main character of Yojimbo
Cidade de Deus (2002)
 -  The gang war at the end partially follows the plot of yojimbo
Legend of the Phantom Rider (2002)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
 -  Arterial spurts, plus the last of the Crazy 88 is spared and told to go home to mother just as in "Yojimbo."
Exhumed (2003) (V)
 -  character based on Toshiro Mifune's character
EuroTrip (2004)
 -  Dog with hand in its mouth
The Spaghetti West (2005) (V)
 -  Mentioned in documentary.
"Heroes: Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (#1.10)" (2006/II)
 -  Mentioned by Hiro.
Beantown (2007)
 -  Two lines of fighters facing one another on path
Sydney White (2007)
 -  Sydney has a comic book titled "Yojimbo."
"Nova: Secrets of the Samurai Sword (#35.1)" (2007)
 -  Mentioned in show.
"The Middleman: The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation (#1.10)" (2008)
 -  Wendy twice mentions Usagi Yojimbo, a comic book character inspired by this movie.
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008) (V)
 -  Pays homage to the scene showing a dog with a human limb in its mouth
Conversations with T.F. Mou (2010)
 -  Mou mentions that he watched Kurosawa films, including probably this film, for school during his college days.

Featured in

The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990) (TV)
The Bodyguard (1992)
Memories of 'The Bodyguard' (2005) (V)
 -  clip shown

Spoofs

Sugata Sanshiro (1943)

Spoofed in

Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Hi no tori (1978)
Mars Attacks! (1996)

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