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Yojimbo (1961)
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A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
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The first "man with no name" was Toshirô Mifune, who made 16 films with writer/director Akira Kurosawa, starting with Drunken Angel in 1948, and ending with Red beard in 1965. This is one of his greatest performances.
Anyone familiar with American or Italian spaghetti westerns will instantly see the story here. The loner...
(complete Yojimbo review by Movie Addict)
| Yojimbo Movie Review by Lisa (6/21/2007) |
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Ok where to start, this is a wickedly dark comedy by Kurosawa who cast yet again the excellent Toshiro Mifune (Seven Samurai) who was the quintessential action star mixing wicked fight scenes with a hint of comedy and he was doing it way before Mel and Bruce.
Mifune plays Sanjuro a ronin samurai (FYI; Ronin means...
(complete Yojimbo review by Lisa)
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