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Format: DVD, Yojimbo In director Akira Kurosawa's comedic YOJIMBO a masterless samurai Sanjuro Toshir Mifune wanders into a town divided by two warring clans. After displaying his formidable swordsmanship before both clans in a brawl with street thugs Sanjuro offers his services to the highest bidder. When one clan conspires against him the clever warrior switches his allegiance to the other side with the ultimate goal of tricking the two equally despicable and foolish clans into exterminating each other. Sanjuro's authority is challenged however when Unosuke Tatsuya Nakadai a brother of one of the leaders comes to town wielding a modern contraption: a gun. In the classic final showdown the old world samurai is pitted against new world progress and must use both his wits and physical prowess to survive. Perhaps Kurosawa's most overtly comic film YOJIMBO easily ranks with the director's finest work. In this reconception of the Western Mifune plays Sanjuro the tough mercenary of few words to perfection often allowing his subtle mov
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 | Kurosawa's Yojimbo/A Fistful of Ryo w/ Rice & Sake
by thevoid99, 12/2/2007 |
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Pros: Kurosawa's Direction, Script, Editing, Cinematography, Music, Sound, & Cast.
Cons: None.
The Bottom Line: <i>Yojimbo</i> is a Magnificent, Witty Masterpiece from Akira Kurosawa & Co. starring Toshiro Mifune.
Review: While Akira Kurosawa is famously known for putting the ideas of American westerns into his films, no
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| | Last Man Standing With a Fistful of Dollars - Yojimbo
by George_Chabot, 1/17/2007 |
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Pros: Story, Toshiro Mifune, Cinematography, Direction
Cons: Film deteriorated, cropped, no extras, expensive
The Bottom Line: The Criterion release does not do justice to this classic samurai movie. A 3 1/2 star movie, rounded to four.
Review: Yojimbo (1961) OK, OK, I know what you're thinking - what could this guy possibly write that would a
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| | YOJIMBO : The original, the remakes and bonus essay (T & A write-off entry)
by ChrisJarmick, 9/17/2005 |
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Pros: Poetic cinematography, beautiful pacing, Mifune, Mifune Mifune
Cons: For me? None.
The Bottom Line: Yojimbo is a masterpiece that spawned a good Leone directed trilogy. Also: bonus essay on other films and remakes.
Review: There is not a Best or Worst Remake section at Epinions, and while this review may be technically lo
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