Yojimbo Essay On Personality
Rossely Heredia
Professor Ryan Tullis
ENC 1101
20 June 2016
Weapon Influencing Personality
In the movie Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa there are several story lines, where every event is a consequence of a previous, but it looks interesting to examine an aspect of the attitude of characters to their weapon and the result of overestimating its role. The genre of this movie is jidaigeki and tells about the period of mid-19th century, shortly before dissolution of samurai status. There a culture of cold still arms is shown, which is gradually replaced by firearm. A big attention is paid to Unosuke, one of the antagonists, and his pistol, which is supposed to be more powerful weapon than a sword of Sanjuro, the main character. The pistol makes Unosuke …show more content…
He is shown as a timid and cautious person, who has not a desire to interfere the criminal hassles, despite the fact that he struggled from their lawlessness as well as other citizens. In the scene of first meeting with Sanjuro Gonji’s nervousness and despair are demonstrated, but he is helpless and depressed and quite unfriendly to his client, who pretends to be a criminal as well. However, he becomes braver and even riskier when he discovers the real nature of Sanjuro. The presence of hero gives him a hope, and nearness to someone who knows how to hold a weapon changes …show more content…
When Sanjuro proposes his service to crime lords, they take into consideration only his skills in martial arts, but not his trickery, avarice and treachery. Confidence about supremacy of his gang with a participation of Sanjuro made Seibie, the leader of crime clan, provoke a fight with other clan. Unosuke relied on his pistol too much, which came out in the fact that he did not try to take other precautions for his success and defense. It looks like some kind of addiction, which prevents finding alternatives even in a critical
Professor Ryan Tullis
ENC 1101
20 June 2016
Weapon Influencing Personality
In the movie Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa there are several story lines, where every event is a consequence of a previous, but it looks interesting to examine an aspect of the attitude of characters to their weapon and the result of overestimating its role. The genre of this movie is jidaigeki and tells about the period of mid-19th century, shortly before dissolution of samurai status. There a culture of cold still arms is shown, which is gradually replaced by firearm. A big attention is paid to Unosuke, one of the antagonists, and his pistol, which is supposed to be more powerful weapon than a sword of Sanjuro, the main character. The pistol makes Unosuke …show more content…
He is shown as a timid and cautious person, who has not a desire to interfere the criminal hassles, despite the fact that he struggled from their lawlessness as well as other citizens. In the scene of first meeting with Sanjuro Gonji’s nervousness and despair are demonstrated, but he is helpless and depressed and quite unfriendly to his client, who pretends to be a criminal as well. However, he becomes braver and even riskier when he discovers the real nature of Sanjuro. The presence of hero gives him a hope, and nearness to someone who knows how to hold a weapon changes …show more content…
When Sanjuro proposes his service to crime lords, they take into consideration only his skills in martial arts, but not his trickery, avarice and treachery. Confidence about supremacy of his gang with a participation of Sanjuro made Seibie, the leader of crime clan, provoke a fight with other clan. Unosuke relied on his pistol too much, which came out in the fact that he did not try to take other precautions for his success and defense. It looks like some kind of addiction, which prevents finding alternatives even in a critical