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Yojimbo (1961)
Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo was ripped off by Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars which is sad to see. Seeing A Fistful of Dollars first really ruins the viewing experience of Yojimbo because you know what to expect and how everything plays out. The character of Sanjuro (meaning thirty-something quite frankly the man with no name) is a greater anti-hero than Dollars 'Joe' (The Man With No Name). This is played up with the introduction of a pistol. In a film with swords and knives a single pistol tips the scales in favour of the bad guys. But because of Sanjuro's awesomeness he wins but not before having the pistol pointed at him by a dying man and just waits it out to see if the other guy will succumb to his wounds before he fires a shot. In that bad ass move Sanjuro is summed up. In a world where honour bound samurai are no more and people can win battles not with skills but with guns, where does Sanjuro fit in?
8/10
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