Yojimbo is one of Kurosawa's greatest works to appear on theaters and there's no denying that. Mifune, playing as the wandering samurai who encounters a gang war between the gambling business and the prostitution business.
There is really not that much to say about this film other than just watch it. Comedy was an important part in playing this story by showing the enemy's actual weaknesses and it's hilarious. Kurosawa's theory of movement in film plays well as it shows the audience that there is movement on screen and it's important for visual storytelling. Having Mifune scratch his shoulders with his head to help the audience understand that it's the main character or using dust flying across the screen are a few examples of powerful movement in film. This classic was later created into a spaghetti western movie, "Fistful of Dollars" which became the first of the three films that Clint Eastwood starred in and if this film didn't exist, then the greatest western film of all time wouldn't exist either.
There is really not that much to say about this film other than just watch it. Comedy was an important part in playing this story by showing the enemy's actual weaknesses and it's hilarious. Kurosawa's theory of movement in film plays well as it shows the audience that there is movement on screen and it's important for visual storytelling. Having Mifune scratch his shoulders with his head to help the audience understand that it's the main character or using dust flying across the screen are a few examples of powerful movement in film. This classic was later created into a spaghetti western movie, "Fistful of Dollars" which became the first of the three films that Clint Eastwood starred in and if this film didn't exist, then the greatest western film of all time wouldn't exist either.