Yojimbo vs. a Fistful of Dollars
The film Yojimbo is a very old fashioned Japanese, but Western film that is almost exactly the same as the film, A Fistful of Dollars. Kurosawa and Leone use the same narrative plot for Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars, but with different culture. The best way to compare both films is to look at the opening scenes, how the heroes are introduced, how the towns are introduced, and the climax and overall end of the movie. I would keep scenes such as, the beginning scenes where “The Man With No Name” rides into the town looking like a strong, cowboy who is not scared of a single thing from A Fistful of Dollars in order to emphasize masculinity, while the scenes I would keep from Yojimbo are scenes such as, the Seibei family deciding whether or not to kill Sanjuro after he finishes the task of defeating their enemy because of the relationship with the family. When viewing the opening scenes of the two films the audience is able to get a feel of the two main characters, one, which is “The Man With No Name” in A Fistful of Dollars and the other, Sanjuro in Yojimbo, who is a skillful Samurai. A hero is someone who is very masculine, brave, and shows or acts like he contains power. I believe this is shown in A Fistful of Dollars. For example, “The Man With No Name” is a husky scruffy looking man trotting along on a mule, following the open road into a hidden and forgotten town. “The Man With No Name” does not look frightened and has a calm, but intimidating look on his face when entering the town. On the other hand, in the beginning of the film Yojimbo, the viewers see a Samurai walking along a dirt path when suddenly he comes across a tree branch. Sanjuro, the skillful Samurai, picks up the dead tree branch and throws it into the air. Sanjuro is deciding his destiny and following whichever direction the tree branch lands. In my opinion, I would keep the husky and scruffy looking man who is not deciding his destiny based on a direction that a tree branch lands. I think