Kaze no Yojimbo

Kaze no Yojimbo
旋風せんぷうの用心棒ようじんぼう
Anime television series
Directed by	Hayato Date
Produced by	Yuji Nunokawa Hiroshi Yamashita Tetsuya Watanabe
Written by	Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by	Tsuneyoshi Saito
Studio	Pierrot
Licensed by	NA: Bandai Entertainment
Original network	Nippon TV
Original run	2 October 2001 – 19 March 2002
Episodes	25

Kaze no Yojimbo (旋風せんぷうの用心棒ようじんぼう, trans. "Bodyguard of the Wind") is a 2001–2002 Japanese animated television series based on Akira Kurosawa's chanbara film Yojimbo. It was directed by Hayato Date.

The series follows George Kodama into the small town of Kimujuku. The wanderer quickly realizes he is an unwelcomed visitor and becomes caught up in a violent conflict between rival crime syndicates.

Kaze no Yojimbo aired on Nippon Television from 2 October 2001 to 19 March 2002, totaling 25 episodes.

Plot

Jyouji "George" Kodama arrives in the town of Kimujuku in search of a man named Genzo Araki. Unable to find him, he learns that the town is divided in two distinct factions. Sensing that Kimujuku's residents are hiding something, Jyouji takes work from each faction, playing them against each other in an effort to uncover the secret and the whereabouts of Genzo.

Episode list

#	Title	Original air date
1	"Gone With the Dust" (Japanese: 第だい一いち話わ)	2 October 2001 (2001-10-02)
2	"Snake Swamp" (Japanese: 第だい二に話わ)	9 October 2001 (2001-10-09)
3	"The Bodyguard" (Japanese: 第だい三さん話わ)	16 October 2001 (2001-10-16)
4	"Beauty and the Poison" (Japanese: 第だい四よん話わ)	23 October 2001 (2001-10-23)
5	"The Pursuit" (Japanese: 第だい五ご話わ)	30 October 2001 (2001-10-30)
6	"The Gate Wouldn't Rise" (Japanese: 第だい六ろく話わ)	6 November 2001 (2001-11-06)
7	"Legend of the Demon" (Japanese: 第だい七なな話わ)	13 November 2001 (2001-11-13)
8	"The Casino Train" (Japanese: 第だい八はち話わ)	20 November 2001 (2001-11-20)
9	"The 15-Year Truth" (Japanese: 第だい九きゅう話わ)	27 November 2001 (2001-11-27)
10	"Red Dreams, White Memories" (Japanese: 第だい十じゅう話わ)	4 December 2001 (2001-12-04)
11	"Lurking in the Gloom" (Japanese: 第だい十じゅう一いち話わ)	11 December 2001 (2001-12-11)
12	"The Echo" (Japanese: 第だい十じゅう二に話わ)	18 December 2001 (2001-12-18)
13	"The Man Who Returned" (Japanese: 第だい十じゅう三さん話わ)	25 December 2001 (2001-12-25)
14	"False Reconciliations" (Japanese: 第だい十じゅう四よん話わ)	1 January 2002 (2002-01-01)
15	"The Counter Attack" (Japanese: 第だい十じゅう五ご話わ)	8 January 2002 (2002-01-08)
16	"Swapping Hostages" (Japanese: 第だい十じゅう六ろく話わ)	15 January 2002 (2002-01-15)
17	"The Great Sting" (Japanese: 第だい十じゅう七なな話わ)	22 January 2002 (2002-01-22)
18	"The Vendetta" (Japanese: 第だい十じゅう八はち話わ)	29 January 2002 (2002-01-29)
19	"The Sniper" (Japanese: 第だい十じゅう九きゅう話わ)	5 February 2002 (2002-02-05)
20	"Bingo" (Japanese: 第だい二に十じゅう話わ)	12 February 2002 (2002-02-12)
21	"The Search for the Truth" (Japanese: 第だい二に十じゅう一いち話わ)	19 February 2002 (2002-02-19)
22	"The Tanokura Manor Ablaze" (Japanese: 第だい二に十じゅう二に話わ)	26 February 2002 (2002-02-26)
23	"The Great Excursion" (Japanese: 第だい二に十じゅう三さん話わ)	3 March 2002 (2002-03-03)
24	"The Close Call" (Japanese: 第だい二に十じゅう四よん話わ)	12 March 2002 (2002-03-12)
25	"So Long" (Japanese: 第だい二に十じゅう五ご話わ)	19 March 2002 (2002-03-19)

External links

• Kaze no Yojimbo (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia