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'''''Yojimbo''''' -- more correctly{{verify|reason=Is this an actual error or just a different romanization method?}} '''''Yōjinbō''''', meaning "bodyguard" -- is a 1961 [[Jidai Geki]] directed by [[Akira Kurosawa]], loosely based on [[Dashiell Hammett]]'s novel ''Red Harvest''. It stars [[Toshiro Mifune]] as wandering rōnin Sanjūrō, who arrives in a town beset by criminals and decides to clean the place up (apparently for fun). His method is simple, yet clever: he reduces the number of gangsters in the town by getting the two rival factions to go to war, then mops up the remainder. An enormously influential film, it has had at least two direct remakes -- [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'', and Walter Hill's ''[[Last Man Standing (film)|Last Man Standing]]'' -- as well as homages in numerous other films and television shows. It was even used as the basis of [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP042 an episode] of the ''Pokémon'' anime.
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* [[Bad Cop, Incompetent Cop]]: The local constable is useless and venal, and attempts to get a finders fee for recommending that Sanjūrō join one side of the gang war.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Sanjūrō is able to destroy the two rival gangs by exploiting their leaders' personalities and the fact that both of them desperately want his skills.
* [[Bodyguard]]: Pretty much required in a work whose title translates as "Bodyguard". Kuwabatake Sanjuro is the ronin who the local crime bosses want to hire as their private bodyguard.
* [[Character Tics]]: Sanjūrō has a habit of keeping one hand inside of his clothing and twitching his shoulders. The idea behind this is that he's like a wolf/dog and has fleas- making him ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|a character with ticks]]''.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Sanjūrō is a crack shot knife thrower.
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