I was on a movie and book shopping spree last week. And thankfully I got to lay my hands on four Kurosawa classics (all starring his favourite Toshiro Mifune).
I started with Yojimbo, a comic-thriller in the western genre, with the lone wandering warrior-shootout-money theme.It is said that Clint Eastwood's "For a Fistfull of Dollars" (I haven't watched it) is modelled on Yojimbo.
The story is centred around an eccentric but skillful wandering Samurai -- Sanjuro -- who reaches a small town. Covered by a shroud of melancholia thanks to two warring factions, headed by two brothers, who have torn apart peace and prosperity, the citizenry is distraught and suspicious of any and every human being around.
Sanjuro -- a name he gives himself on a whim, as his real name is never revealed in the entire movie -- takes it upon himself to play each faction against the other and in the process make some money...
The entire movie is centred around Sanjuro's endeavours to rid the town of the menace posed by the two brothers...
A thoroughly entertaining affair, Yojimbo is said to have set many trends in world cinema, including Hollywood.Watch it when you get a chance...
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