Yojimbo (1961) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!! 

The 'bad guy with a gun' actor went on to star in a highly recommended samurai movie "Sword Of Doom" in addition to the other Kurosawa movies film geeks know and love. Ran, Throne Of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Seven Samurai, Rashomon and Sanjiro are all fantastic.

Yojimbo is my favourite movie of all time and Mifune is my favourite actor. I had the fortune to see this in a proper cinema when they premiered the newly restored version. The followup Sanjuro is also amazing

Check out the sequel "Sanjuro", it's a very well made sequel, more humour, more fights and a bloody iconic final duel scene. Also, Throne of Blood, wich is also from Kurosawa and feature the same actor, Toshiro Mifune, on the protagonist role, this one is a japanese Macbeth tale about power and betrayal with some scary supernatural scenes. The actor who played Unosuke (the guy with the gun), Tatsuya Nakadai, is also a regular in the samurai films from Kurosawa and other directors. Check out Sword of Doom, were Nakadai plays a evil psycho samurai that only seeks to feed his bloodlust, killing everyone that crosses his path, this film was suposed to be the first of a trilogy, but the other two movies were never made because of how bloody and violent the first one was, so some plotlines are left open and it ends on a cliffhanger, but is a fenomenal performance by Nakadai and got an epic final massacre scene.

32:50 What Mifune does there is absolutely incredible, the speed and precision, almost without cuts, violence cruel and real. I want you two to try that speed and precision, you imagined that you did it as a kid, but you did not. Modern audiences are conditioned by bad actors who can not move and flashy camera angles and movements that hide the bad technique. Mifune, there was real as a true samurai.

Awesome. You guys need to watch Rashomon, if you haven't already. You'll realize that it's the basis for so many films.

The guy who plays with the guy with the pistol is still alive. Looks great for a dude in his 90's.

I still find it shocking that so many young film buffs are ignorant of film history. To have never heard of Kurosawa as a film buff is crazy to me. I understand human beings in general have a recency bias and history tends to be a big turn off for many people, but if you are truly interested in film or aspire to be a filmmaker there is so much that can be learned from the past. Classic Japanese film in general had had a huge influence on Western cinema as well as inspiring a lot of manga and anime that a lot of young people are familiar with. And you're missing out some great filmmakers like Jean Renoir, Satyajit Ray, Ingmar Bergman (and I know you've done one on RU-vid), Kenji Mizoguchi, Buster Keaton, Luis Buñuel, Howard Hawks and Fritz Lang. But I also understand that the RU-vid algorithm kind of forces you into doing a rather narrow band of films. I'd like to believe you guys watch a much broader variety of films on your own time. This movie takes place at a time (1860) where a lot of samurai who were formerly employed by powerful lords (daimyos) found themselves without employment because their daimyo's property had been confiscated by the Shogunate. So a lot of ex-samurai became ronin or masterless. Many got employed by merchants as protection, but many just became bandits so they were looked down upon.

Great reaction. My favourite Kurosawa is SEVEN SAMURAI (1954.) It's a challenge - 31/2 hours long - but IMHO its a masterpiece, particularly the action scenes. It also features TOSHIRO MIFUNE. As you commented SEVEN SAMURAI, like YOJIMBO, was remade into a western - THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. But as you hint at, that was a circular process as Kurosawa was a huge fan of the westerns of director JOHN FORD. When both directors met, Kurosawa allegedly told Ford 'You really like dust' and Ford said, 'You really like rain.'

Akira Kurosawa is the greatest director of all time and it isn't even close.

Shaun looks bored and sleepy. Pure and honest reaction.

Great reaction guys. Impossible to choose just one Kurosawa movie so here's a few non samurai ones that might slip under the radar. Ikiru, High and Low & Stray Dog. The gunslinger also starred in a brilliant movie called 'The Sword of Doom' which is definitely worth checking out.

If you want to see a third version of this story, watch "Last Man Standing," which stars Bruce Willis and Christopher Walken as gangsters. It's criticized mostly by film snobs because of its lineage, but it's so much fun. You won't have any of the problems you had with "Fist Full of Dollars" and "Yojimbo." It's directed by Walter Hill.

Yojimbo was based on the Dashiell Hammett crime novel Red Harvest, along with elements from another Hammett novel, The Glass Key. The unknown samurai in the movie is based on Hammett's unnamed detective, The Continental Op, from Red Harvest, which is also the inspiration for Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name in A Fistful of Dollars, which was a remake of Yojimbo.

You guys MUST watch more Kurosawa films. If you're like basically every cinephile in the world, I guarantee that you will be amazed and fall in love. A great place to start might be with "The Hidden Fortress" and then after that there are a huge number of superb films made by Kurosawa. In my opinion, and that of many others, he was the greatest director of all time.

You definitely have to watch Sanjiro after, which is a sequel to this one! It’s also a subtle comedy.

Writing this before I've watched your reaction but... I've been a fan of Kurosawa since I was a teenager; I spent my pre-teen and early teens watching a lot of old movies and Kurosawa was almost always a treat. I prefer his samurai movies but one of my absolute favourites--saw once when I was 13 and 27 years later still has a hold on me--is Ikiru (English title: To Live) set in the early 1950s. It's about the inefficiency and aggravating nature of bureaucracy and how to find meaning in life. EDIT: The samurai in this movie is a ronin (a wanderer, drifter; this word is (was?) used in modern Japan to describe a High School graduate who hasn't gotten into university yet). A ronin is a samurai whose master (the lord, daimyo, they served) has died, has been "fired" for various reasons, or someone who's chosen to swear off their allegiances. Ronin didn't have a great reputation, as a samurai who's master has died should commit seppuku, ritual suicide, or at least find new employment with another lord. I'm pretty sure this film also takes place during the Edo period during which there was an uptick of ronin. Some became bodyguards (which incidentally is the title of this movie) or caravan guards, other became bandits or gang members. A samurai's idea of honourable conduct would be a bit different to how we think it is as well.

The thing when he throws his knife at the leaf "was it in reverse " yea absolutely you called it ive listened to the dvd commentary 😂

If subtitles are actually an issue for you guys I'm so glad I grew up watching everything subtitled (except pure kids' stuff that was of course dubbed into Swedish) because when you're used to it (trained in it I guess) it becomes second nature and I've never felt I've missed anything on screen bc of subtitles. So basically you need to watch a lot more foreign language films (like all of Kurosawa's films) and practice. 😉

One of the greatest films from one of the best directors of all time. Please also watch Seven Samurai which is another masterpiece

You guys should definitely watch "Seven Samurai". And get some sleep.

4:25 Oh that Shit-chewing face of Mifune is literally PRICELESS

This is my third favorite samurai movie !! 10- Rurouni Kenshin (anime movie) 9-The Last Samurai 8-Samurai Assassin 7-Samurai Rebellion 6-Ran 5- Twilight Samurai 4- Harakiri 3-Yojimbo 2-Throne of Blood 1- Seven Samurai

Yoooo I remember ages ago you guys mentioning Alien (1979). Got super excited to see a reaction to that and possibly Aliens as well... No pressure ;)

Throne of Blood - directed by Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune, a samurai version of MacBeth. What more could you ask for?

Glad you started watching movies from the Master. And yes, Kurosawa was strongly influenced by the westerns of John Ford. I hope you will continue this journey with other of his movies like Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Ran (1980s epic and in color), Hidden Fortress (where Lucas got his idea for C3PO and R2D2 from) and Sanjurno (the sequel to Yojimbo)

I'd recommend Zatoichi (about a blind samurai) as well as a crossover film called Zatoichi vs Yojimbo (yes, it's the same character as in the movie you watched). The Lone Wolf and Cub movies are good to.

Sanjuro is the sequel to Yojimbo. It's also an original so the film will be fresh. And Kurosawa's influence was John Ford and the westerns he made.

Another difference between this and fistful of dollars is how Kurosawa deals with the death scenes. Its alot more meaningful and impactful Seven Samurai is a must its hugely influential and possibly in alot of peoples eyes the greatest movie ever made

I took a friend to see Seven Samurai at a local theater 10 years ago. This was the same theater where I saw a noon to midnight Hong Kong movie marathon in 1993. I left the Hong Kong cinema marathon wanting more and for 5 years all I watched films from there non-stop. So , I told my friend that after watching Seven Samurai he will be hooked. I was right. He boight all Kurasawa films on Blu Ray as well as the 25 film Zatoichi The Blind a swordsman films. I also took him to see Shogun Assassin, which ie a condensed version of the Lone Wolf And Cub films. Yojimbo is m6 favorite Kurasawa film. A close second is Throne.Of Blood.😊

The chopping off the gangster's arm, was redone by George Lucas in "Star Wars", during the Cantina scene, when Obi-Wan did the very same thing to that braggadocios bully who wanted to kill Luke (heck, ALL arm chopping scenes in any SW feature, owes a debt of gratitude to "Yojimbo").

I have this in my collection from the Criterion Collection. Its a great Samurai movie! A Fistful Of Dollars is an unathourized remake of Yojimbo, while the 1996 Western Action film Last Man Standing is inspired by Yojimbo.

Great reaction! It is very interesting to see your reaction to the film Space Truckers 1996. This is a cool movie 👍🔥🦾

Thanks for a great reaction! Honestly pausing when it gets too confusing. :D I'm not mad at Leone remaking this as a western. Any good story can be retold again and again. When it is theatre nobody think it's odd when a classic play is reworked and put in different settings, but when it is done with a movie everyone goes bananas screaming theft. Speaking of that, the best version of Macbeth I've seen is Kurosawa's Throne of Blood (1957). Some things that seem almost fantasy when set in medieval Europe feels to fit in better in feudal Japan. Also, speaking of inspiration for other movies; Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress (1958) has a lot of inspiration for Star Wars. Everyone borrows from what they have seen because nobody lives in a vacuum. As long as the "thieves" admit their "crime", I'm OK with it. My fav Kurosawa must be Ikiru (1952). Not only is it a great movie by itself, but it also gives an insight into post war Japan's struggle with a generational shift where the younger people easily adapted to foreign (mostly American) influences. I don't think the movie was made to depict it, but it was reality then and I've rarely seen it elsewhere. It's hard to choose only one. Dersu Uzala (1975) and Ran (1985) are magnificent masterpieces and Dodes'ka-den (1970) touched me deeply. And at last - if you want to see another remake of this story, watch Last Man Standing (1996) starring Bruce Willis and set in the days of Prohibition in a small Texas town. Different but very much the same. Not as good as Kurosawa or Leone though...

fun fact, Final Fantasy X has a character based on Yojimbo. It's an Aeon Summon named Yojimbo, it's a Samurai summon who you you pay money for it to attack the more money you give him the higher damage he does.

Aw man! This is cool. Now you have to check out the once upon a time in China trilogy, house of flying daggers, Azumi/Azumi 2 and The Rurouni Kensihin films ( these specifically as the story and frenetic action is insane ) and, The swordsman.

Nice reaction, guys. And some story techniques may not work for you, even if they work for others, and the reverse may be true, too. As for subtitles, the company doing restoration and remastering of so many classic movies with new subtitles usually does a great job on Kurosawa, Bergman, Fellini, and many others. Glad you recognised some of the similarities to A Fistful of Dollars. Akira Kurosawa was an amazing auteur director. He made jidaigeki (Japanese costume drama - and yes, George Lucas adapted the word to "jedi") movies and modern movies. Kurosawa was greatly influenced by seeing older Japanese movies and Hollywood movies, including Westerns directed by John Ford. Btw, you mentioned that Kurosawa was a big influence on George Lucas, and if you see the movie Hidden Fortress (also starring Toshiro Mifune as a different sort of samurai), with a princess and samurai general in disguise and on the run behind enemy lines trying to get to safety, with two peasants along for the ride (just substitute droids and you get the idea) you can see the origins of the biggest movie of 1977. Also, Kurosawa was a game-changing director for many technical reasons in his film-making. In addition to that, specifically in his jidaigeki movies, he made the fight scenes look realistic, which was very shocking at the time to Japanese audiences, and at first reduced the popularity of his movies in that country. Traditionally, samurai fight scenes had been choreographed to look like elegant dance routines, but Kurosawa WANTED them to look brutal, fast, and realistic. Other Japanese directors' samurai movies from that time may show more blood, but the fights end up looking more ritualistic rather than realistic. Tarantino had fun with this tradition in Kill Bill, Pt 1. Yojimbo and Sanjuro (the 2nd tale of the warrior with no name), and even Seven Samurai (in which Mifune plays a very different character), are not about the great age of samurai warriors servings Japan's emperor or regional warlords. These are tales from a time when Japanese central control had broken down, when samurai warriors had to seek work or starve, and at this time such freelancers (swords for hire) were referred to as "ronin". More great Kurosawa movies? Okay, here's a list: Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Throne of Blood (adaptation of Macbeth), Sanjuro, Hidden Fortress, Kagemusha, High and Low, Ran (adaptation of King Lear). Thanks, again!

I don't know much about Japanese history, but I think in the nineteenth century the social/political system in Japan, including the position of Samurai, was collapsing. This left a lot of Samurai roaming around the country. If you want to watch Kurosawa copy someone, you can watch *Ran* , which is an interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear.

Essential Kurosawa films 1. Ran 2. Rashomon 3. Seven Samurai 4. Throne of Blood 5. High & Low 6. Ikiru All are masterpieces and he is definitely my favorite director.

If I may offer different kind of samurai-movies, then I would very much recommend "The Twilight Samurai"(Tasogare Seibei) which is set into the late Tokugawa period in mid 1800's, when samurai are mainly bureucrats and fighting days are long over. It claimed tons of awards in Japan and is an incredibly beautiful movie. The other movie I would recommend is Kurosawa's last script, directed by his assistant-director of 30-some years. It's called After the Rain (Ame agaru). Its a slow paced movie but worth the watch!

Fistful of Dollars was a western remake of Yojimbo. However, Yojimbo itself was based on the Dashiell Hammett gangster novel, Red Heavest. The whole thing then went full circle with the Bruce Willis film Last Man Standing, which was a remake of Fistful of Dollars as a prohibition era gangster film.

I cannot tell a lie: I’ve never seen A Fistful of Dollars… I just never got into Spaghetti Westerns (a personal quirk… maybe because of the hollow sound that comes from dubbing). Yojimbo, however, is a personal favorite! My favorite Kurosawa film (aside from Seven Samurai which is unbeatable) is his crime drama/police procedural High and Low (1963), it’s not only a gripping story about a kidnapping, it also raises many ethical questions giving the audience a lot to think over.

On the issue of the main character being questionable, it comes down to the difference between Samurai, who were seen as honourable warriors of the highest virtue and Ronin, Samurais who’ve allowed their master to be killed on their watch and are forced to survive by hiring out their skills. Ronin were seen as failures, or lesser than other Samurai. People knew they were skilled, but they had no honour, so didn’t deserve the respect.

Samurai, while portrayed as honourable and noble, were not too different from hired blades to robber-barons. Usually, a warlord/governor of a province would hire on Samurai as bodyguards or even elite warriors within their army. There was a sense of honour and discipline, as many of these samurai were trained at birth to become warriors; however, that didn't mean that they weren't ruthless to the peasants or lower-classes. Whenever a village didn't pay enough taxes, samurai would usually be sent to extract what was owed; it was even common for samurai to kill peasantry for a slight to their honour, or even just to rob them, and they would not be held accountable. If anything, it was quite common for peasantry to despise samurai or ronin because of their history of raiding and pillaging their villages; keep in mind, these warriors were considered untouchable, only by their lords could they be reprimanded or if they committed the most grievous of acts.

Samurai was warriors serving under Emperors & warlords. Sanjuro is a lone samurai without a master known as Ronin. That’s Why he’s not bound to the Code of Honour.

Japanese dialog in stories also tends to be pretty oblique at times, so losing plot threads or motivations isn't unknown, esp. if you have to follow via subtitles while trying to keep track of what's happening visually.

As for the final fight choreography I think it's quite fitting that it's sort of mundane and "bland". The violence isn't "cool" or stylized or visually impactful because real violence isn't and in this case it's a highly skilled swordsman cutting down a group of nobodies with no clue, and he doesn't need anything more fanciful than one-two cuts on each to kill them off like the, in this scene, insignificant basically nuisances that they are. There's no fighting going on, only killing.

You should check out Throne of Blood, think you will love that one.

For a great modern Samurai film, try Takeshi Kitano's ZATOICHI. For a very different Kurosawa movie, you should watch DREAMS (Even has a brief cameo from Martin Scorcese playing Vincent Van Gogh.)

I've watched almost all of Kurosawa's films, and Yojimbo is one of the hardest to follow, especially for a newbie. I highly recommend watching more! The sequel to Yojimbo, Sanjuro, is a lot more fun. Kurosawa's other samurai films--Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood (Macbeth), Kagemusha, and Ran (King Lear)--are all phenomenal and fairly easy to follow. Seven Samurai is considered one of the greatest films of all time, worldwide. Ran isn't too far behind, imo. The use of color in Kagemusha and Ran is incredible. He also did a number of excellent film noirs--Stray Dog, The Bad Sleep Well (loosely based on Hamlet), and my personal favorite, High and Low. And then there's Ikiru, which was remade as a British film last year--Living, starring Bill Nighy. You'll see the same actors pop up in a lot of these, particularly Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Tatsuya Nakadai--all so versatile! Also, Seven Samurai explores they dynamics of the different social classes in medieval Japan. The Samurai were a warrior caste, just under nobility. But if they weren't in the employ of a feudal lord, they had to fend for themselves and take work where they could find it. Samurai got bad reputations for taking advantage of peasants--pillage and rape were not uncommon, from what I understand. So villagers would be especially suspicious of Samurai around their daughters.

As a huge aficionado of Japanese cinema, I think Shaun is flat out wrong when he criticizes the fight choreography. If you compare sword fights in 60's Japanese cinema with sword fights in American cinema of the 60's, the difference in quality becomes objectively apparent. American swinging swords look like they are playing baseball. However, Shaun is spot on about the criticism of the lack of sound effects. A this point in Japanese cinema, jidaigeki films (Japanese swordplay films) were not incorporating sound effects of "slicing and dicing" into the film. "Yojimbo" came out in 1961. Sounds effects for swords "slicing and dicing" didn't become commonplace until 1963. These sound effects make a world of difference in the fight scenes and the films without the sound effects, such as "Yojimbo," suffer greatly by their absence. The fights are so much more exciting and visceral when these sound effects are present.

A Fistful of Dollars began as an official sequel where they were going to pay for the rights. But then the producer "forgot" to do that, and they got sued and had to pay far more. It wasn't Leone's fault, he thought he was doing a legit remake. Clint also knew he was in a film that had been made before.

Amazing reaction you guys, thank you so much... Hidden Fortress (1958) by Akira Kurosawa aswell can be funny one to react because Star Wars a new hope is basically same film (even George Lucas stated that it was his main inspiration.

Seven Samurai is my favorite movie from Akira Kurosawa, Yojimbo a close second.

A Fistful of Yen.

Where do I start, other than keep it up, fellas - the most honest reactions on da toob! 1. Toshiro Mifune is my favourite actor. Influenced many. 2. Kurosawa is copied/referenced EVERYWHERE. Leone knew he was remaking this (albeit without permission). Check also "Go home to your mother" in Kill Bill, or a dog with a hand in his mouth in Wild At Heart. 3. Yojimbo is probably the most fun (based on an older story), but keep checking out more Kurosawa - not just the chanbara movies. He was indeed influenced by John Ford westerns. 4. Also consider Masaki Kobayashi. Mostly known for Hara Kiri, but the sublime and eerie Kwaidan is a magnificent choice for Halloween ghost stories Every decade or so a particular country rules cinema. This came as Japan was handing over to France and Italy, before Hollywood regained the high ground in the early 70s (PLEASE do Easy Rider!)

You guys should definitely do more Kurosawa. Some Bergman and Godard too.

sword of doom is a fantastic samurai film about a desent into madness

Funny you mention Star Wars. George Lucas was a huge fan of Kurosawa. Many elements of Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress" were used as the basis for the original SW film.

Now watch the Islandic film Hrafninn Flygtur 1984 (When the Raven Flies) it is the best of the remakes and the one that differs the most from the original story. There are two more Yojimbo remakes: The Warrior and the Sorceress 1984 and Last Man Standing 1996.

So you've discovered one of the great directors of true cinema. There's lots of recommendations in the comment section so I'll just add my favorites: Rashamon, Seven Samurai and the best RAN, which is his version of Macbeth. Besides the great storytelling it a masterpiece of cinematography.

Feudal Japan ( medieval Japan ) gave Samurai the "legal right" to kill without justification. As such "normal people" feared and avoided them. Kurosawa is a master, do take a look at his other movies. Toshiro Mifune is fantastic in anything he's in. Check out Takashi Miike's film "Blade of the Immortal (2017)" you'll get a kick out of that one lads. Rashomon (1950) is my favourite Kurosawa.

Japanese has three "alphabets" (syllabaries, technically). The one we Westerners tend to gush over as "cool" is called Katakana. It's the slick one with relatively simple characters that are used a lot in signage and titles. The other two are Hiragana, which is curvy-looking (it was invented for poetry in ancient times), and Kanji which is just Chinese used for Japanese language.

Kurasawa's Shakespeare adaptations are awesome.

Reading is fundamental, guys

Lol... I turned away before y'all made that disgusted sound with the dog... had to rewind and saw what y'all reacted like that... I did the same sound as y'all when I saw that dog😂😂😂😂

You should watch more Tim burton films like mars attack ,Sweeney Todd, Edward scissors hand, Ed wood and beetlejuice

I think the movie "Last man standing" with Bruce willis is based on this.

Yo! Jimbo! Isnt that what Wade said to Bond in GoldenEye? 😅

Please watch “In The Name of The Father”

Your Patreons have great taste! I hope they one day choose 8 1/2 , The 400 Blows, Children of Paradise, and so many more!

I'll take Rashoman, Ikiru, and Ran as my must sees.

You guys need to watch YOJIMBO a few more times, because it works on so many levels (as an Eastern Western, as a straight-up comedy, as a satire). It would probably help you both to realize that you're really missing some key things, especially that the "hero" is a MASTERLESS samurai, generally unwanted and wandering aimlessly after the dissolution of the samurai. Kurosawa's doing much, much more with this film than you're appreciating-- and doing it with a light touch and with great storytelling economy. And, make no mistake, Toshiro Mifune was the original genuine badass: he practically invented the archetype and almost everyone since, from Eastwood to Keanu's John Wick, has been, in part, an homage to Mifune (not just in YOJIMBO, but in so many other movies). He could be droll, he could be funny, he could do ferocious action, he could do ferocious dramatics. He's the movie star you'd NEVER fuck with, ever. The man's a gawd-damn cinematic titan.

Samurais at this time were being disbanded and their lords defeated so they roamed about trying to find anyway to make a living. Please do yourself a favor and do some reactions to more Kurosawa - Seven Samurai, High & Low (1950's setting and pure perfection) andsooo many other Kurosawas, you won't be disappointed. And in this one you are watching the best director and actor the screen has ever seen.

Of all the Kurosawa films I've seen I rank this one among the lower tier. This was a 'movie'. Kagemusha and RAN were 'epics'.

Yes! A true masterpiece in every sense of the word, an absolute classic. Watch basically any of Kurosawa's movies and you will be amazed. You NEED to watch Seven Samurai.

Hope you guys watch more Kurosawa.

Check out Harakiri. One of the best of all time.

the sequel, Sanjuro, is, in my opinion, even better!

Basically, if you were an aspiring film-maker in the 60's and 70's, then Kurosawa's work was a major influence in those generations of future film-makers, and in particular, Westerns made from that point on took a lot of inspiration from Kurosawa movies (like you said, The Magnificent Seven is an adaptation of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai). Regarding Samurai, the Highly Idealized Image of the Samurai, which was created from the 17th Century onwards (the concept of Bushido was made-up after the Samurai class had become outdated, when the era of war and strife within Japan was ended by the Tokugawa Shogunate) was one of Highly Honourable, Dutiful and Faithful retainers, willing to die for honour, but the actual Samurai weren't like that. Some were honourable sorts, but plenty were loyal only to themselves, when would betrays their masters if made the right offer. They were also violent in general, and didn't care much about protecting peasants. As for Kurosawa recommendations, you have Seven Samurai, Ran, Kagemusha, etc.

なんにせよ、これがキッカケで『椿三十郎』も観てくれると、僕は嬉しい。

Sanjuro is much easier to follow.

While I do really like this film, I don't think it's close to being Kurosawa's best. Ran may take that title for me.

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well if i was going to walk around all day, id rather be walking around as a samurai than a gunslinger.. samurais are all comfy in their robes, and if they lay around babbling brooks under cherry blossem trees, you know.. eating

No rating on this one?

Every film you watch is violent. How many best movies ever made will never be seen if that is all you ever watch is violent. Looked thru all of your channel and it's all the same. .

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You should watch onstream or off. I call it Jojimbo part 2 Sanjuro 1962 ‧ Action/Adventure ‧ 1h 36m & then to me jojimbo movie 3 Even thought it's a Zatoichi movie. Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo Not Rated 1970 ‧ Martial Arts/World cinema ‧ 1h 56m Be safe rest well & GB4N.

The thing that really works in Fist Full of Dollars is the character Ramon Rojo. He keeps the music box from a girl he killed, and plays it sometimes. He's obviously evil, but he's melancholy about it. The part that you have to suspend your disbelief about in both films is that both strangers convince each side they're working for them.

This shit is better than fistful of dollars im sorry

Yojimbo: the main character is an honourable more traditional hero. A Fistful Of Dollars: the main character is an antihero. It’s awesome that Italian cinema just exploited and outright stole other people’s films and ideas in order to make cheap, sensationalist, get rich quick movies because some of the financing went to some seriously talented directors, artist who made great films, and in a few other cases fantastic, so-bad-it’s-great, movies were made by complete hacks. Other countries/cultures did it too, but the Italians were wonderfully shameless about it and the world is a better place for those films being made. Also, don’t struggle with a movie, it’s a ride, not a fight, you know, like life, just let a film wash over you and see how you feel about it when it’s over. If it’s an important film you can watch it a second time. If you still have questions do some research on wtf was up with random incomprehensible movie X, Y, or Z. The reason I watch movie reactions is to get someone else’s perspective and younger people are very good at this because they’re coming at it from a very different world from me who is actually older than Star Trek... Films like The Godfather, Jaws, Taxi Driver, Alien, Apocalypse Now, are all movies I’ve seen dozens of times, but I learn new things almost every time I watch someone else react to it. Keep learning. Cinema is an art form, some great films are more difficult than others to appreciate right away. It’s a very rewarding medium to immerse yourselves in. Also, don’t make fun of a monobrow if you can’t even grow a real beard eh... thank you for your consideration in this matter. Peas.

Keep your heads out of the way.

So many older influential films and directors can be interesting to watch to see what they did, but honestly aren't that enjoyable to me as a whole. Kurosawa is an exception to that. I find a lot of his films and characters to still be entertaining today.

toshiro mifune the legend

In my opinion, Yojimbo and A fistful of Dollars show how to adapt a movie. Fistful kept from Yojimbo what worked in a different setting and replaced what didn't without sacrificing the story.

There must be an ounce of truth to this character somewhere in Japanese history. Maybe a guy like this really existed in Japanese folklore. But i believe samurai in the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s were looked upon like cops are looked upon here in America in present day: people don't really trust them, most of them are corrupt and abuse their powers. The samurai in Yojimbo i think is a high ranking samurai (maybe he was even a general at one point) who used to follow a powerful master who's vast empire was utterly destroyed....so now he's out of a job since his master is dead. And Yojimbo, being like one of those incorruptible cops, says to himself: "You know what, f*** it. I'm a ronin now, I will remain masterless. I will just roam all over Japan righting wrongs. I will set things straight in every village or city I enter. I seek neither fame nor fortune. This is what i'll do until the day I die." He's an anti-hero like The Punisher....getting rid of the world's scum. Sanjuro is awesome too. Please give that one a watch.

You guys watch some weird ass movies 😢