Yojimbo

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Yojimbo (用心棒 "Yōjinbō"?) is a Japanese word for bodyguard. The term may also refer to:

  • Yojimbo (film), a 1961 jidaigeki film by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune
  • Kaze no Yojimbo, 2001/2002 animated television program based on the Kurosawa film
  • Usagi Yojimbo ("Rabbit Bodyguard"), a 1984 comic book series created by Stan Sakai
  • Yojimbo (software), an information organizer for Mac OS X, by Bare Bones Software, released in 2008
  • Yojimbo (band) band from Portland, Oregon founded by Robert Duden and Robbie Henley of the Germs
  • Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo, a 1970 film, directed by Kihachi Okamoto
  • Yo-Jin-Bo, a visual novel about three yojinbo. Initially published in Japanese in 2005, then released in English by Hirameki International in 2006
  • Yojimbo, a secret Aeon found in the video game Final Fantasy X
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