YOJIMBO (1961) Director: Akira Kurosawa Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno Genre: Samurai/Action




Yojimbo is the film that inspired Sergio Leone's A FIST FULL OF DOLLARS.

The INCREDIBLE visuals in this film are to be admired, discussed and studied.

The climactic fight scene falls into the category Alfred Hitchock would call PURE CINEMA - moments when just IMAGES & MUSIC can tell the story in a film.

I am going to let them speak for themselves as one of the finest examples of PURE CINEMA ever put on celluloid.































The entire story is told in these images alone.