A near perfect synthesis of action, comedy, style, and metaphor.

For me it is Kurosawa's best movie. The character concept is great and Toshirô Mifune is absolutely stunning in his performance. Maybe he embodies the coolest guy in cinema history.

Two of the finest acting performances ever, in the same film.

My first viewing of a Kurosawa film, and I was not disappointed by this engaging tale. Small in scale but with some tense action set pieces and a very watchable protagonist. A really solid 90 minute introduction to this director's style before viewing his highly regarded epics.

Whilst it's not as sensationally epic as some of his more highly regarded films, it's an intriguing game of cat and mouse (possibly two cats and one mouse, if you like). Mifune is great in this one, as usual. His presence is at times astounding. He's not one for many words, but he delivers some classic, and indeed, highly influential lines. Again Kurosawa delivers, perhaps more minimalistic than usual, but the end result is still great to look at.

Classic film. Original badass. Clint Eastwood was good and all, but this is the original, and it's damn good.

i could care less about this movie

Yojimbo is a dark comedy about greed that questions trite definitions of good and shapes its world with grey. Mifune's title character is an observer in his own life, but his lack of direction and scruples does not mean that he lacks a moral compass. The humor is subtle, and often cued by the excellent score, but every scene, funny or not, builds on the films themes.

An exemplary icon of classic samurai movies done so, so right. Wonderful blend of drama, comedy, action, and suspense, I dare anyone to hate on this movie. Because the minute you do, Toshiro fucking Mifune is going to come out of the grave and cut your damn head off.

I was expecting a fine film, but I wasn't expecting one that was also so humorous.

The Man with No Name here might be one of the biggest bad-asses in all of cinema. Super cool.

brilliant. could not stop watching. i love Toshiro Mifune, his character is so funny and smart. highly recommended

The samurai pulling a gun out of his kimono was one of the most unexpected and bad-ass things I've ever seen. There's several memorable scenes in the film (the first battle between the clans is incredibly funny), but that one will always stand out to me.

Is Toshirô Mifune as bad-ass as Clint Eastwood? Well... no. But he's probably cooler.