Day 23: Yojimbo (1961)

History
It's time to see more Kurosawa movies, and also get pumped for Sergio Leone week, which will start soon hopefully.

Anyway this movie was remade, (and some would say ripped off) as A Fistful of Dollars, Sergio Leone's breakthrough movie. I don't remember that movie too well but it seems about right. Yojimbo was followed up by Sanjuro.

What's it about?
A wandering samurai (Toshiro Mifune) comes to a small town with rival gangs. He works them against each other, while trying to get the best of both worlds.

Thoughts
This movie had me interested from beginning to end. It's like a samurai western, with good fights, and nice showdowns. There's even a dude with a gun that looks like Elvis (look at the top left of the poster). The music is awesome. And, as said before with Rashomon, Kurosawa + Mifune = Success. So far.

Rating
Aww Hell Yeah!