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“George Kodama uncovers Kimujuku's violent past while searching for Araki Genzo, facing rival syndicates and dark secrets.”
Kaze no Yojimbo
旋風の用心棒
7.19
3,697 rank · 17,501 viewers · 49 favorites
Action
Drama
Mystery
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Synopsis
George Kodama uncovers Kimujuku's violent past while searching for Araki Genzo, facing rival syndicates and dark secrets.
In search for Araki Genzo, George Kodama finds himself in the small town of Kimujuku. George quickly realizes that he is unwelcome and is warned to leave as soon as possible. With two rival syndicates roaming the streets and a dark violent past, the town of Kimujuku isn't what it appears to be. George challenges the town of Kimujuku in order to reveal the towns dark hidden past and discover the truth. (Source: ANN)
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Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
7.4
/10
What 8 viewers settled on.
83%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 7
σ 1.93
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.93 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.2 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.63
Running avg · Apr 2008 → Jul 2024
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I came into this honestly not expecting much. Its clear that its a lower budget anime as most is simply drawn and the action scenes themselves are mostly still frames through out the series, so...”
- 10 “First of all Yeah the plot is slow, the first few episodes are kind of like those episodes added between dramatic animes having too much gore or too much losses you know like akame ga kill, akudama...”
- 7 “Kaze no Yojimbo is mystery and light action sorta show. It revolves around the main character playing two factions against each other while trying to uncover clues. [*]A slow paced mystery with the...”
Verbosity
Short · 63%
Medium · 25%
Long · 13%
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A Tv Production · Fall 2001
Studio Pierrot.- Format 25 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 35m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2001 – Mar 2002 Fall 2001
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-1042 catalog
Licensed by
- Bandai Entertainment Licensor