Yojimbo

Send us Fan MailWhen I saw Yojimbo, at last, from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, I thought, this is the greatest samurai film ever. But, I thought, he stole it all from Sergio Leone and A Fistful Of Dollars. Boy, was I naïve. That was backwards, of course, if I’d cared to check the dates of release. But the story was even more layered than that. Kurosawa, Leone, Sergio Corbucci, they were all swimming in a beautiful blue sea, not only of water, but of time and history. They conjured up one of the greatest stories that ever hit the screen of the fight for and triumph of right, the lure of money and what it may devolve to, and the beauty of the loner hero. It was a story that had been told many times before. And many after. For the ages. Website and blog: www.thosewonderfulpeople.comBluesky: @wonderfulpeople.bsky.social