Yojimbo

[Cusser]

Yojimbo is on tonight on TCM cable.  It is practically move for move as Fistful of Dollars, a must-see for Leone fans.

[KERMIT]

Yojimbo is on tonight on TCM cable.  It is practically move for move as Fistful of Dollars, a must-see for Leone fans.

thanks cusser.  this  is interresting   http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/engl/marling/hardboiled/Redharvest.html

[DJIMBO]

nevertheless, a great film, IMO, and i know this is controversial on this board, BETTER than Fistful of Dollars, largely because of Mifune's immense performance.

[Belkin]

YOJIMBO (1960) is indeed stunning! But to my mind, the movie KUROSAWA made the following year, SANJURO (1961) is his all time masterpiece. If you watch the ending, it has a direct connection with LEONE'S ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, as in, the slow time face-off it takes to reach the swordfight. MIFUNE, again puts in a terrific performance.

[redyred]

The bit where you see Ushitora (the equivelant of Ramon) and his gang of thugs advancing towards Mifune is one of my favourite shots in all of cinema.

Also a very important element given to the spaghetti western by Yojimbo - the ridiculously misty street. Perfect for the hero to emerge from in the final scene.

[visitor]

thanks cusser   http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/engl/marling/hardboiled/Redharvest.html

it seems leone copied yojimbo but if you check the link cigar joe left it's possible to draw conclutions that kurosawa copied yojimbo from the above mentioned book which i;m here at my library looking for.
again many thanks.

i've never seen it and will have my VCR tape it.

It's virtually impossible for a movie to copy a book.  A book is words, a film is visual action combined with dialogue and usually music. Where an author can spend a page describing the color of a flower or the flowing of a river, the director must do it with a glance and move on to the gist of the story.

That being said,

Leone/Jolly lost the lawsuit with TOJO over copyright

FISTFUL has no credited screenwriter in the English language version

The music cues are in exactly the same spot.

[Cusser]

Yojimbo on TCM cable tonight (US)

[Kurugen]

I was disappointed at the end of the movie.I was expecting some big battle at the end but i didnt get what i wanted.     

[Sanjuro]

I was disappointed at the end of the movie.I was expecting some big battle at the end but i didnt get what i wanted.     

What kind of battle were you expecting? It's not Robocop.

[Kurugen]

What kind of battle were you expecting? It's not Robocop.

Why do you have to bring Robocop to this? (Even though it has a great ending) I was expecting something great between Unosuke and Sanjuro but Sanjuro just threw a knife at his wrist and he dies.I dont know i was just expecting something more.

[Aguirre]

Why do you have to bring Robocop to this? (Even though it has a great ending) I was expecting something great between Unosuke and Sanjuro but Sanjuro just threw a knife at his wrist and he dies.I dont know i was just expecting something more.

They didn't have semi-automatics back then.

[Kurugen]

They didn't have semi-automatics back then.

what? 

[Sanjuro]

They didn't have semi-automatics back then.

LOL

[Kurugen]

They didn't have semi-automatics back then.

well yeah they did.But anywase i wanted a big sword fight but got a guy with a six shooter crying about how he got hit in the wrist.

[Silenzio]

well yeah they did.

Umm . . . no they didn't.