Yoshio Tsuchiya films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 9 films on Boxlist

Known for Seven Samurai, High and Low and Yojimbo.

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Starring Yoshio Tsuchiya

Seven Samurai
1954 · Film
8.5/10 · TMDB
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide...
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High and Low
1963 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
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Yojimbo
1961 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk...
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The Hidden Fortress
1958 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple tribe members hiding in a fortress. Although the peasants don't know that Rokurota is a general...
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Sanjuro
1962 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors...
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Throne of Blood
1957 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the...
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Red Beard
1965 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous...
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Destroy All Monsters
1968 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
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Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a...
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