Yojimbo (1961)
Part of the Samurai! ...The Code According To Kurosawa
| Director: | Akira Kurosawa |
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| Certificate: | Unknown |
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| Format: | 35mm |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
Two criminal clans fight over a small village. Enter the 'Ronin' Yojimbo. Cunning and resourceful he sets gang against gang for his own amusement and gain. A script that is bleak brutal and cynical, cut through with a layer of black humour. Another Kurosawa theme taken up and copied in the West, notably by Leone's 'Fistful of Dollars'.
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Other films in the Samurai! ...The Code According To Kurosawa:
05
Film: The Seven Samurai (1954)
5 May 2013, 7:30 p.m.
A village beset by bandits hire seven 'Ronin' (masterless Samurai) for protection. This is epic story tellling with sweeping action and it quickly became a model for many a Hollywood film. Come and see the original model, never bettered and awesomely filmed.
19
Film: Sanjuro (1962)
19 May 2013, 7:30 p.m.
'Ronin' Sanjuro, on a whim decides to help nine earnest young Samurai save their master from the machinations and attacks of a group of evil self serving Samurai. Lighter in tone than Yojimbo, with a jaunty score and fast action captured on wide screen cinematography, the movie comes to an end with jaw dropping change of tone.
26
Film: The Hidden Fortress ( 1958)
26 May 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Two peasants are conned by a princess, who has disguised her identity, into helping her and her general take gold back to her clan though a country devastated by a recent war. Also had a notable influence on George Lucas' Star Wars,