Yojimbo (1961)

The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.

A textbook example of the perfect crowd-pleaser. – Slant Magazine

A movie that is both a wow of a show and a masterpiece of misanthropy. – TIME Magazine