Yojimbo

It isn't the deepest or most beautiful Kurosawa, but it's my favorite Kurosawa piece bar none. Sanjuro is a straight-up hustler, often acting Janus-faced.

For those who see Yojimbo for the first time, after watching Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars" many times throughout the years, it is surprising to see how faithful a remake "Dollars" is. Story, main character (man with no name), and final showdown (wind blowing dusts and all) will never feel original. The fact is, Yojimbo is the original, and its influence over Leone's westerns or any following example of western genre is real.

Mifune's best, for me. Seven Samurai is epic and innovative and all that, but nothing in there beats the way Mifune plays Sanjuro. Still my favorite Kurosawa movie.

Funny, intense, action-packed masterpiece.

This movie is baller. One of Mifune's best roles. You can see the inspiration for Sergio Leone's The Man With No Name. Everything about this film is fucking great, and the strategy used is classic (Pit your enemies against each other, let them destroy one another).

I love Fist Full of Dollars, but I love Yojimbo considerably more! Well framed shots, excellent pacing, and a classic plot- amazing film making!

Kurosawa is a master!

The pacing isn't perfect, but there are so many good scenes that it almost feels wrong to complain. The combination of stakes, visuals and weaved in humour adds up to the perfect final act. In fact, I'd say the entire last 40 minutes are gold.

You really are cool, Mifune.

My all time favorite film is The Seven Samurai. So why make Yojimbo my first review here? Because it went on to influence three other directors that are often very high on my favorites list, or films that influenced them: Sergio Leone, George Lucas, Quentin Tarantino. The film is at times deliberately slow, almost contemplative, and then it'll explode! And yes, it's essentially Dashiell Hammett's The Glass Key, but with samurai!

straight badass. One of Kurosawa's best. One of the best samurai movies ever

Excellent film about a samurai playing out two clans against each other.

He's just like me

wow better than expected

It's difficult to conclude that this is anything less than a perfect film if for no other reason than that it has been endlessly ripped off since the moment it came out. The arrival of Tatsuya Nakadai is one of the greatest record scratches in film history

Hilarious, and maybe most entertaining movie of the period

Film's first anti-hero? What style! Toshiro Mifune gets 100 for performance. Forerunner for neutral mercenary situations with showdowns in the street. I want to be someone who tosses a stick to see where to go in life. Talk about blown by the wind.

Very good but I found it a little slow and the fight scene between the two groups of gangsters was simply too comedic

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

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

I was too stoned to remember anything about this movie, but I remember enjoying it a pretty lot. Probably going to watch this again sometime...

Japanese Anti-western. Kurosawa great!

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.