{"id":93416,"date":"2023-11-24T21:09:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T04:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93416"},"modified":"2024-05-28T23:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T06:04:15","slug":"yojimbo-bodyguard-the-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93416","title":{"rendered":"Yojimbo \/ Bodyguard, The (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;A truce is merely the seed for an even bloodier battle.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Poster-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-93417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Poster-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Poster.png 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen an itinerant samurai (Toshiro Mifune) stops by a town fueled by rivalry between a corrupt silk merchant (Kamatari Fujiwara) and a corrupt sake seller (Takashi Shimura), he decides to make money off of both sides while standing up to a cocky henchman (Tatsuya Nakadai) with a pistol.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Akira Kurosawa Films<\/li>\n<li>Feuds<\/li>\n<li>Japanese Films<\/li>\n<li>Samurai<\/li>\n<li>Toshiro Mifune Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, &#8220;Akira Kurosawa&#8217;s classic,&#8221; &#8220;most financially successful film&#8221; was &#8220;influenced by westerns such as <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=27660\"><em>Shane<\/em><\/a> and in turn influenced a whole slew of westerns itself, most notably Sergio Leone&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93448\"><em>A Fistful of Dollars<\/em><\/a>, which completely lifts the plot.&#8221; He describes the town that Mifune&#8217;s &#8220;masterless samurai&#8221; wanders through as representing &#8220;the decay of a moral, chivalrous Japanese society&#8221; given that both rival leaders are waging &#8220;a war for control of the town&#8217;s gambling,&#8221; and &#8220;both are cowards who have hired scores of evil henchmen.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune1-1024x395.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"247\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune1-1024x395.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune1-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune1-128x49.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune1-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune1-604x233.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune1.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He notes that Mifune&#8217;s &#8220;Sanjuro Kuwabatake&#8221; &#8212; a name he makes up for himself by looking off into the distance at a mulberry field and adding an age &#8212; is one of the few &#8220;fast-action movie heroes who think before they act,&#8221; and thus he &#8220;devises a clever plan by which he can exploit the situation to his financial gain.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing2-1024x415.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"259\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing2-1024x415.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing2-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing2-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing2-768x311.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing2-604x245.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing2.png 1253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary adds that &#8220;like Leone&#8217;s films, this is a <em>bloodbath<\/em> (the violence is ferocious) that we react to with laughter &#8212; it is a comedy whereby the bad guys have the misfortune to be happened upon by a hero who can challenge and defeat them on their own amoral terms.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing-1024x395.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"247\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing-1024x395.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing-128x49.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing-604x233.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Framing.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, &#8220;as in Leone, when the hero acts with emotion &#8212; acts human for the only time &#8212; he ends up paying the price, by suffering physical punishment.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Wounded.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Wounded-1024x396.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Wounded-1024x396.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Wounded-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Wounded-128x50.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Wounded-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Wounded-604x234.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Wounded.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary asserts that this &#8220;classic&#8221; &#8212; an example of &#8220;great movie-making&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;is beautifully photographed by Kazuo Miyagawa&#8230; who does a remarkable job with composition and deep focus;&#8221; one particularly &#8220;striking shot&#8221; involves &#8220;the coffin maker hanging in the foreground, facing us; some bad guys in the middle plane, facing away from us toward the far end of town; and the &#8216;resurrected&#8217; Mifune in the distance, facing us, with myth-making dust blowing past him from our right to left.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Hanging-Casket-Maker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Hanging-Casket-Maker-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Hanging-Casket-Maker-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Hanging-Casket-Maker-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Hanging-Casket-Maker-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Hanging-Casket-Maker-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Hanging-Casket-Maker-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Hanging-Casket-Maker.png 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As pointed out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/60-yojimbo\">by Alexander Sesonske in his essay for Criterion<\/a>, this film emerged nine titles after Kurosawa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11564\"><em>Rashomon<\/em><\/a> &#8220;shocked both East and West by its triumph at the 1950 Venice Film Festival,&#8221; with numerous others in between &#8212; including <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82100\"><em>Ikiru<\/em> (1952)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82637\"><em>The Seven Samurai<\/em> (1954)<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=83095\"><em>Throne of Blood<\/em> (1957)<\/a> &#8212; considered &#8220;exotic for the Westerners, but alive with characters who continually impress us with their humanity.&#8221; <em>Yojimbo<\/em> is generally seen as Kurosawa&#8217;s explicit nod to America, given its potent mix of westerns and gangster flicks, with the village gangs here &#8220;so grotesquely wicked, they become ludicrous and enlist neither our sympathy nor our belief.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Still6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Still6-1024x392.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"245\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Still6-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Still6-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Still6-128x49.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Still6-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Still6-604x231.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Still6.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s most enjoyable is watching Mifune managing everything that comes his way with aplomb, humor, and mastery. Also noteworthy is Masaru Sat\u00f4&#8217;s score, written in just one week. This film was followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1198\"><em>Sanjuro<\/em> (1962)<\/a>, which apparently was revised to accommodate the success of the title character here. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toshiro Mifune as Sanjuro<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune-1024x397.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune-1024x397.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune-128x50.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune-768x298.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune-604x234.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Mifune.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tatsuya Nakadai as Unosuke<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Nakadai-Pistol.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Nakadai-Pistol-1024x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Nakadai-Pistol-1024x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Nakadai-Pistol-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Nakadai-Pistol-128x50.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Nakadai-Pistol-768x300.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Nakadai-Pistol-604x236.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Nakadai-Pistol.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kazuo Miyagawa&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Cinematography-1024x407.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Cinematography-1024x407.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Cinematography-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Cinematography-128x51.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Cinematography-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Cinematography-604x240.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Cinematography.png 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Final-Showdown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Final-Showdown-1024x392.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"245\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Final-Showdown-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Final-Showdown-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Final-Showdown-128x49.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Final-Showdown-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Final-Showdown-604x231.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yojimbo-Final-Showdown.png 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Masaru Sat\u00f4&#8217;s score\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a classic by a master director. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0058461\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/96427\/yojimbo#articles-reviews?articleId=59947\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3160yoji.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/60-yojimbo\">Criterion Essay<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_0kJkShY1-E?si=NtarMK1qWI4tOYfg\">Video Analysis: Comparing <em>Yojimbo<\/em> and <em>Fistful of Dollars<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A truce is merely the seed for an even bloodier battle.&#8221; Synopsis: When an itinerant samurai (Toshiro Mifune) stops by a town fueled by rivalry between a corrupt silk merchant (Kamatari Fujiwara) and a corrupt sake seller (Takashi Shimura), he decides to make money off of both sides while standing up to a cocky henchman (Tatsuya Nakadai) with a pistol. 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