Masao Shimizu

A doctor and a mobster form an unlikely friendship in this 1948 drama from master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

Toshiro Mifune leads Akira Kurosawa's companion piece and sequel to Yojimbo, following a jaded samurai who helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.