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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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by st_patrick, 4/2/2003 |
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Pros: Superb direction and performances
Cons: Japanese names and subtitles make it difficult to keep track of characters
The Bottom Line: A humorous, thrilling samurai epic, with pointed comments about the nature of war and conflict.
Review: The title of my review of course misquotes Gandhi. However, it accurately sums up the plot of Akira
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| | Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo
by DavidMac, 11/21/2001 |
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Pros: Toshiro Mifune, action scenes, cynicism
Cons: The motives of the main character
The Bottom Line: Sort of the anti-Seven Samurai, Yojimbo doesn't have the epic sweep or heroism of that film, but is entertaining nonetheless.
Review: Akira Kurosawa is well known as being one of the great directors in history, but hes also known si
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| | TATEYAKU MIFUNE-Kurosawa's Classic-The Bodyguard
by artbyjude, 8/1/2001 |
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Pros: Mifune, classic Kurosawa, the musical score, the evil wife
Cons: I have seen the spin-offs too many times to be fascinated by the plot
The Bottom Line: This is another Kurosawa masterpiece. Mifune far outshines Eastwood or Willis! Treat yourself to the original! It can't hurt.
Review: This is the story that inspired the first spaghetti Western, FISTFULL OF DOLLARS, and more recently
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