YOJIMBO & A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS - How The Western Was Changed Forever

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  • Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
  • On the blending of Western and Samurai genres found in Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" and Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars," which took inspiration from classic Western films and then reinvented the genre through perspectives from Japan and Italy.
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  • @davidjacobs8558
    @davidjacobs8558 3 роки тому +421

    What Most people don't realize is, both films are set in at almost same time period.
    Yojimbo is set in 1860's, Which was the Final years of Edo Period of Japan.
    Fistful of Dollars is set in the same time period as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" which is set in American Civil War 1861-1865.
    That's why the Yojimbo villain was able to have a Revolver.

    • @Skywardstrike1998
      @Skywardstrike1998 2 роки тому +82

      So Sanjuro and the Man With No Name could have feasibly met.
      That thought just made my day.

    • @coleslegoworld
      @coleslegoworld 2 роки тому +12

      i thought fistful of dollars was the 1870s?

    • @htf5555
      @htf5555 2 роки тому +9

      it was such a simple and great transposition. the swordsman and gunfighter, drifter and ronin

    • @wiseguymaybe
      @wiseguymaybe Рік тому +10

      How do you know Fist Full of Dollars took place in the 1860s? Good Bad And The Ugly makes sense as you pointed out the Civil War date Yojimbo because of the revolver, but you don't really give an explanation how you concluded that Fist Full Of Dollars took place the same time period. Actually a date on a gravestone in the cemetery indicates the year to be at least 1873.

    • @pickleman40
      @pickleman40 Рік тому +2

      They even mention that unosuke just returned from traveling too, explaining how he acquired the American gun

  • @sirterrell04
    @sirterrell04 3 роки тому +274

    A fistful of yen: a samurai in the old west

    • @williamhurt8512
      @williamhurt8512 3 роки тому +10

      there was a thirty minute martial arts spoof in "kentucky fried movie" called "a fist full of yen".

    • @DarthWall275
      @DarthWall275 3 роки тому +12

      He gets gunned down in the first ten minutes by a random Mexican, credits roll.

    • @mikegrossberg8624
      @mikegrossberg8624 3 роки тому

      @@williamhurt8512 Evan Kim played the parody of Bruce Lee. The piece was a take-off on Enter the Dragon

    • @JacobBite
      @JacobBite 3 роки тому +5

      it's called red sun

    • @mikegrossberg8624
      @mikegrossberg8624 3 роки тому +1

      @@JacobBite Toshiro Mifune and Charles Bronson

  • @pudlordtynan919
    @pudlordtynan919 3 роки тому +774

    Glad to see I'm not the only insane person who sees Westerns and Samurai movies as the same thing.

    • @MattDraper
      @MattDraper  3 роки тому +96

      They're definitely interconnected. It was fun getting to explore that.

    • @pudlordtynan919
      @pudlordtynan919 3 роки тому +24

      See when you say stuff like that, it's in a very nice and informative video essay. When I say it, I'm Charlie Day with the Peppy Sylvia wall and talking like a gremlin

    • @dylandamn1
      @dylandamn1 3 роки тому +8

      Trust me. You’re not the only one

    • @benparrish672
      @benparrish672 3 роки тому +5

      @Frank Castle
      Who would've thought that The Punisher would be so picky over semantics

    • @davidjacobs8558
      @davidjacobs8558 3 роки тому +28

      What Most people don't realize is, both films are set in at almost same time period.
      Fistful of Dollars is set in the same time period as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" which is set in American Civil War 1861-1865.
      Yojimbo is set in 1860's, Which was the Final years of Edo Period of Japan.
      That's why the Yojimbo villain was able to have a Revolver.

  • @chimedemon
    @chimedemon 3 роки тому +157

    I watched Yojimbo for the first time last night, and one of my favorite parts of it were that the lone samurai just picked up a stick, threw it up, and went where it told him to go. By the end he just leaves, and this gave me such a refreshing suggestion of how this was one of many adventures he’d been on, one of many he would go on. It alludes to that if he went the other way, he’d have a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT story he’d stumble upon. His fighting style and personality suit this perfectly as well and I just love that. In many movies and stories in general, there’s always this sense that the hero will ONLY have that ONE adventure in their life to look back on, that one story where they saved the world. The original Star Wars made me feel this way especially, like Luke’s only major adventure took place in that span of time, and though he’d come back for the newer films he hadn’t really done much up to that point. He hadn’t gone on any other major adventures, or met people that he didn’t already have some affiliation with OTHER THAN the newer cast that stars in the new movies. This has always made me feel often sad for these hero’s, like you get the sense that they’re not really gonna get any other significant adventures... and that’s something I found so refreshing about Yojimbo. Which now sounds pretty silly being that it came out YEARS before I was even born, only after the 17 years of my life have I now seen it. Either way, I really want to create a story that has that same feeling... though I just now love this movie for thousands of other reasons and WHY DIDN’T I WATCH THIS FOR SO LONG?!?

    • @yoshitsuneminamoto6632
      @yoshitsuneminamoto6632 3 роки тому +13

      Watch Hidden Fortress. Lucas watched this Kurosawa movie and it inspired many parts of Star Wars. You can certainly see R2D2 and C3PO in the movie.

    • @williamhurt8512
      @williamhurt8512 3 роки тому +5

      check out "sanjuro" same character, totally different plot...

    • @Dravianpn02
      @Dravianpn02 3 роки тому +3

      Also watch Three Outlaw Samurai

  • @Vidiot-Savant
    @Vidiot-Savant 3 роки тому +219

    Walter Hill did his own version of this story with 'Last Man Standing' back in the 90's. It stars Bruce Willis as John Smith, a mysterious gunman that drives into a border town and gets caught between Irish and Italian bootleggers during prohibition. It's not bad, well worth a watch.

    • @bigdurk4115
      @bigdurk4115 3 роки тому +9

      I saw it in the theaters when it first came out

    • @josephikrakowski1137
      @josephikrakowski1137 3 роки тому +6

      I like your profile pic and name my dude misfits are awesome

    • @brandonteppelin6353
      @brandonteppelin6353 3 роки тому +6

      Just getting ready to put this same statement on my own.
      Do love Last Man Standing almost as much as the other two.

    • @Albertredneck
      @Albertredneck 3 роки тому +1

      Fucking love that movie

    • @peterk2455
      @peterk2455 3 роки тому +1

      Shane

  • @Pssybart
    @Pssybart 2 роки тому +183

    If you can measure any filmmaker's success by his influence, Kurosawa should probably be in the top 10. Think about it:
    No Kurosawa = No Spaghetti westerns
    No Kurosawa = No hundreds if not thousands of movies inspired by Seven Samurai or Rashomon
    No Kurosawa = No Star Wars

    • @johncarl5505
      @johncarl5505 Рік тому +15

      No westerns or crime noir, no Kurasawa. This whole argument is BS anyway.

    • @kirabey8946
      @kirabey8946 Рік тому +2

      @@johncarl5505 those are genres, not people.

    • @johncarl5505
      @johncarl5505 Рік тому

      @@kirabey8946Tell that to OP.

    • @johncarl5505
      @johncarl5505 Рік тому +2

      @@kirabey8946My main point is that Kurosawa was inspired by older westerns and crime noirs.

    • @kevinmorrice
      @kevinmorrice Рік тому +13

      @@johncarl5505 op say "SPAGHETTI WESTERNS" totally different subgenre of westerns from what you are generalising, so your replies are BS, spaghetti westerns are not the same as bog standard westerns, spaghetti westerns are the evolution of westerns resulting from kurosawas influence, therefore op is in fact correct

  • @sneakyskunk1
    @sneakyskunk1 3 роки тому +60

    This was a fantastic exploration of two great film makers! If he has not yet, I hope he explores the similarities between Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress and the first Star Wars.

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 3 роки тому +33

    Both of these are just so classic. They both have changed cinema history

  • @aveteranplayer6403
    @aveteranplayer6403 3 роки тому +90

    When Rdr2 meets Ghost of tsushima

    • @skxlter5747
      @skxlter5747 3 роки тому +8

      Two amazing games with great characters n stories that deserve much more praise and more games should take inspiration

  • @samparkins
    @samparkins 3 роки тому +29

    This was actually my Master's thesis, also 7 Samurai / Magnificent 7.

  • @jackofallclaws6672
    @jackofallclaws6672 3 роки тому +20

    Matt Draper talking about The Good The Bad and The Ugly? HELL YES PLEASE!!!!!

    • @jackofallclaws6672
      @jackofallclaws6672 3 роки тому +2

      Hey Mr Draper, which one of these would you rather talk about: Frank Miller’s Ronin, Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo or Samurai Jack? Being honest here.

  • @South3West77
    @South3West77 3 роки тому +26

    As a kid, when these movies came out, the so called critics were trashing the movies and actors. I was stunned by them. Eventually, the foolish critics had to eat crow. Would liked to seen clint Eastwood stay another few months and complete the 4th movie for Sergio Leone. Would have been, Glorious!!!

  • @kapilesh14
    @kapilesh14 2 роки тому +45

    I cannot describe in words how much I love both this movies. Movies like this simply cannot be made today. These movies were an expression of pure love of cinema.

  • @McDermottYT
    @McDermottYT 3 роки тому +29

    I’m definitely going to have to rewatch Yojimbo soon. Between this video and Ghosts of Tsushima, I’m feeling the love for Kurosawa. As always great video, glad to see you covering more films!

    • @Ryan-dp4rs
      @Ryan-dp4rs 2 роки тому

      @GiRayne The romanticization of samurai in Ghost of Tsushima in intentional. By the end of the game, Jin, the protagonist, sees past the romantization and sees the samurai for who they truly are in his universe: power-hungry members of the upper class who actively work to keep the peasants at bay.

  • @OwenLikesComics
    @OwenLikesComics 3 роки тому +8

    Brilliant video, Matt. I always enjoy it when you look at classic films like these!

  • @DecadesApartProductions
    @DecadesApartProductions 3 роки тому +6

    A UA-cam video dedicated to my two favorite directors? Yes please!

  • @Moglidor
    @Moglidor 3 роки тому +21

    Don’t mind me. Just here to help the algorithm.

  • @DiegoReviews
    @DiegoReviews 3 роки тому +81

    Excellent video, Matt! I’ve never seen these movies. But they seem like they are timeless classics. I’ve always wanted to watch at least one classic western, and this video might just be the push I needed. Great timing too! With Ghost of Tsushima recently coming out. Any interest in playing that game?

    • @MattDraper
      @MattDraper  3 роки тому +23

      Thanks, Diego! You should definitely check them out, I think you'd dig them. For a Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly are also awesome. I'm definitely interested in Ghost of Tsushima. That game coming out and Morricone passing away were what pushed me to make this video after having the topic in mind for awhile.

    • @osonhouston
      @osonhouston 3 роки тому +9

      Diego I implore you to check out Akira Kurosawa's catalog you won't be disappointed, and when you are done check out all of the Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman movies again you won't be disappointed.

    • @timhazel1354
      @timhazel1354 2 роки тому

      i envy you. seeing it for the first time

  • @bigmonkeytoes6206
    @bigmonkeytoes6206 3 роки тому +4

    Hell yeah dude! The crossover and inspiration between the samurai and western genres is my favorite aspect of cinema.

  • @BintAlAbla1999
    @BintAlAbla1999 2 роки тому +2

    This is a great analysis, thanks, Matt. You made my day!

  • @AHerculeanTask
    @AHerculeanTask 3 роки тому +25

    I literally questioned the connection between the two genre's yesterday. This is impeccably timed. 😂

    • @futurestoryteller
      @futurestoryteller 3 роки тому +3

      I'm surprised people seem surprised by this. I've known about this for over a decade, and no doubt there's some old man somewhere who's known about it since day one. I didn't really go to film school, but guaranteed, if you go, they will teach you about it. Unless they're negligent, I guess.

  • @milkmanmcgee3657
    @milkmanmcgee3657 3 роки тому +42

    Definitely recommend these movies, along with the following below 👍(All of these are a mix of oldies and modern flicks) ((Also added others from everyone's lovely suggestions in the comments :D
    -Samurai Films-
    13 Assassins
    Harakiri (Both the original & remake is good, but in different tones)
    Three Outlaw Samurai
    Seven Samurai
    Blade Of The Immortal
    Lone Wolf & Cub Series
    The Zatoichi Series
    The Hidden Fortress
    Samurai Rebellion
    -Western Films-
    Seraphim Falls
    Unforgiven
    A Few Dollars More
    Shane
    3:10 To Yuma
    Once Upon A Time In The West
    The Outlaw Josey Wales
    Free State Of Jones
    The Good The Bad And The Ugly
    Tombstone
    Rio Bravo
    The Searchers
    The Magnificent Seven (Both are good 🙏)
    There's some other titles I've probably forgotten, but these are the first that came to mind 👌

    • @MattDraper
      @MattDraper  3 роки тому +12

      This is a great list for anyone looking to acquaint themselves with the genres.

    • @JosephOD
      @JosephOD 3 роки тому +7

      Tombstone is a great western as well.

    • @theyakkoman
      @theyakkoman 3 роки тому +3

      Saw the original Harakiri for the first time this year. Magnificent.
      I'd add Samurai Rebellion to your samurai list, as well as Rio Bravo and The Searchers to the Western-list.

    • @MegaAndy93
      @MegaAndy93 3 роки тому +4

      The Magnificent Seven both the original and remake are great takes on the Seven Samurai story.

    • @V2011F
      @V2011F 3 роки тому +1

      Seven Samurai

  • @tommyebbs9399
    @tommyebbs9399 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent video as always. Whilst I knew that Leone was influenced by Yojimbo, your essay really broadened my understanding of both Leone's and Kurosawa's 'genre' works and their relationship with Western/American hegemony. Well done!

  • @davodshah8869
    @davodshah8869 3 роки тому

    This channel has some of the best video essays

  • @dominictemple
    @dominictemple 3 роки тому

    Great video, always thought this but thanks for explaining it so concisely.

  • @jessop-
    @jessop- 3 роки тому +16

    The Lone Wolf and cub films always felt similar to westerns to me.

    • @MattDraper
      @MattDraper  3 роки тому +4

      Yep, lots of shared DNA in those too, and that series influenced a ton of stuff across mediums and genres, too.

    • @pazu8728
      @pazu8728 16 днів тому +1

      My childhood favorite.

  • @rayancedrichaddad1197
    @rayancedrichaddad1197 3 роки тому +8

    Yes! Awesome Movies. Yojimbo Masterpiece defines many Masterpieces to come. And Still Inspire Generations to come for others Masterpieces.

  • @sabbirs2423
    @sabbirs2423 Рік тому +5

    As much as I love Kurosawa, I am glad to see you provided the original influences, hardboiled novelist Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest" and to a lesser extent "The Glass Key" (which is also what Coen Bros' Miller's Crossing is based on). Red Harvest was basically one of Hammett's stories starring the nameless "The Continental Op", a lone operative of the Continental Detective Agency, who took care of his missions with cold, ruthless efficiency without any emotional attachments. You can see that template in both the characters of Sanjuro, as well as The Man with No Name. I highly recommend reading this genre of American crime thrillers to any Samurai and Western fans, specifically novels by Dashiell Hammett and then moving onto Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald who took the genre to artistic heights.

  • @vaderfett3229
    @vaderfett3229 3 роки тому

    Fantastic Video! Great work, Matt. And I love the fact that you mentioned your favourite film of all time... which just happens to be mine too! The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! I have my fingers crossed that you'll do a video on that one too! Keep up the great work and thanks again, mate!

  • @murrayrodriguez878
    @murrayrodriguez878 3 роки тому

    Wow great video essay man!

  • @samcallanan3633
    @samcallanan3633 3 роки тому

    This is your best essay yet man holy god guy knocked it out of the park

  • @mikegrady5669
    @mikegrady5669 3 роки тому

    Great vid. Insightful

  • @AngeloPetrino69
    @AngeloPetrino69 3 роки тому +2

    I love Kurosawa and Leone, thank you ❤️

  • @danieltuomey4859
    @danieltuomey4859 3 роки тому

    Great video. Makes me want to go back and watch both films.

  • @vitdmilk5466
    @vitdmilk5466 3 роки тому

    Awesome. I love your videos.

  • @markodjuric4282
    @markodjuric4282 3 роки тому

    Great video and great films! Keep up the good work!

  • @evandavid2816
    @evandavid2816 3 роки тому +5

    Heh, I could have done with this video when I was in the midst of writing my MA thesis on 'Death, Justice and Vengeance in Shakespearean Tragedy and Sergio Leone Westerns' nearly twenty years ago, yes...?! Great job by the way...

  • @bakabaka3281
    @bakabaka3281 3 роки тому +2

    Mifunes walking style and shoulder movement are based on the way a wolf walks, Kurosawa told him to walk like a lone wolf when they were making Yojimbo.

  • @Sardarkhan69
    @Sardarkhan69 Рік тому

    Superb video

  • @jasonsantos3037
    @jasonsantos3037 2 роки тому +1

    Do love some samurai movies and old westerns Good video you made

  • @ericd1022
    @ericd1022 Рік тому

    Very well-made video. I had seen Yojimbo a year ago and watched Fistful tonight. Not knowing of the actual connection, I thought, "Hmm. This movie is an awful lot like Yojimbo," and then bang, validated. Feels good to be right.

  • @dantheface2986
    @dantheface2986 3 роки тому

    This channel rules keep up the content

  • @kissthistwice5
    @kissthistwice5 3 роки тому

    Great video

  • @fastfishtoo4991
    @fastfishtoo4991 25 днів тому

    I love the scene after Sanjuro meets some of the gang's men after he gets the boss to publicly announce the price he's getting paid. One of the older samurai is unhappy knowing he'll never live up to Sanjuro in the boss's eyes. Before the fight Sanjuro sees him fleeing. They wave at each other, and the samurai smiles and laughs carefree as he leaves. Nothing more really comes from that tale, but I just loved the respect they have of each other, and the pride Sanjuro seems to have seeing a fellow samurai who's finally had enough of these crooks, hitting the open road like himself

  • @Ethan-lq4nt
    @Ethan-lq4nt 3 роки тому

    Well done 👏👏👏

  • @joshthecritique
    @joshthecritique 3 роки тому +2

    I love Akira Kurosawa and Sergio Leone!

  • @muaykaliente4386
    @muaykaliente4386 10 місяців тому

    Excellent vid

  • @theyakkoman
    @theyakkoman 3 роки тому +5

    Great video on an interesting subject.
    I rewatched these two classics back-to-back last year to compare and contrast, and picked up on a little thing you didn't mention in the video.
    After having killed the first two gang-members (and dismembered a third), Mifune's samurai tells the undertaker to prepare "Two coffins... No, maybe three."
    While in Dollars, Eastwood's gunslinger first tells the undertaker to make three coffins ready, but after the gunfight corrects himself: "My mistake. FOUR coffins".
    Killing one more than Mifune's samurai.
    I think that's was a pretty cocky (but in a good way) of Leone.

  • @ronineditor9920
    @ronineditor9920 3 роки тому +7

    9:45 Even scratching the beard is ripped off.

  • @RickNazden
    @RickNazden 3 роки тому +1

    Matt, I hate to admit it, but I loved this video. Just fantastic work 🙌

    • @MattDraper
      @MattDraper  3 роки тому +2

      I'll forever remember this day.

  • @thothheartmaat2833
    @thothheartmaat2833 6 місяців тому

    THE NICEST THING ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS HOW WE CAN ALL JUST TAKE A BACK SEAT AND APPRECIATE IT AND WERE NOT THE ONE ON THE LINE TO MAKING THESE DECISIONS.. THE MUCK.. THAT WE ALL GO THROUGH.. DAY BY DAY.. HAVE WE NOT ALL HAD ENOUGH?

  • @francescaangelini5696
    @francescaangelini5696 3 роки тому +18

    For the plot of the film, the two directors were inspired by an Italian theatrical comedy.
    Arlecchino servitore di due padroni (Harlequin servant of two masters) by Carlo Goldoni, written by the Venetian author in 1745.

  • @cstephen98
    @cstephen98 Рік тому

    Never thought about it but given Kurosawa's love of wide, deep shots, I bet they'd look great in 3D.

  • @Danial_Duval
    @Danial_Duval 3 роки тому +12

    Not gonna lie, I thought this was a Usagi Yojimbo video and clicked on it way too fast before reading the full video title :)
    Anyway, I'm quite surprised how deep the shared relationship between chanbara & spaghetti westerns were. I'm glad to know more about this. Kinda wished there are more modern Westerns try to tell good, meaningful stories instead of apeing off the old stuff.

  • @robb9910
    @robb9910 3 роки тому +3

    That thumbnail is one of the most badass scenes I’ve ever seen. Is it available somewhere cause I’d love to use it as my desktop background or did you make it yourself?

  • @knoober3756
    @knoober3756 4 місяці тому

    Even though I do love both Kurosawa and Leone, Kurosawa’s in a completely different league. The way he composes his shots is nothing short of masterful, with thier incredible depth and dynamic movement.

  • @Johnjwalt
    @Johnjwalt 3 роки тому

    Enjoyed this! I'm surprised you didn't bring up another remake of this story: "Last Man Standing" starring Bruce WIllis.

  • @natfozzyhommie3964
    @natfozzyhommie3964 3 роки тому +29

    Toshiro mifune man. This man makes Eastwood sounds like child

    • @Griffin24712978
      @Griffin24712978 3 роки тому +7

      And had a samurai lineage.

    • @natfozzyhommie3964
      @natfozzyhommie3964 3 роки тому +6

      @@Griffin24712978 which makes him even more legendary bad ass. No offense to Eastwood

    • @thenonsenseguy2364
      @thenonsenseguy2364 3 роки тому +2

      Now I like both of them equally ( maybe baised towards Eastwood) but you are rigth Toshiro is a legend

  • @matthewkuchinski1769
    @matthewkuchinski1769 2 роки тому

    I love how Samuraii movies have been inspiring Westerns and Sci-Fi movies for the past decades. And, even films in other countries are inspired by the Samuraii and Western genre. A great example is Yoon Jong-bin's "Kundo: Age of the Rampant" (2014), which not only is a homage to Seven Samuraii, but its musical score comes from the Golden Age of Westerns.

  • @massi6528
    @massi6528 8 місяців тому

    Two example of movies that watching them as a kid made me the film lover I am now!

  • @criticalrants
    @criticalrants 3 роки тому +2

    This is, without a doubt, one of your best videos, and one of the best video essays of 2020. Like holy shit, man, you have set the bar way too high here

    • @MattDraper
      @MattDraper  3 роки тому

      Thank you! Just always trying to top myself.

  • @cyryc
    @cyryc 3 роки тому +3

    How in the world did you get to use Yojimbo footage? I was trying to do a comparison video of Yojimbo / Fistful of Dollars / Last Man Standing (I'm not even into monetizing) and Toho blocked the Yojimbo portion globally.

  • @antoniomemo636
    @antoniomemo636 3 роки тому +5

    The Story goes, as retelled by Leone himself, that the director made no mistery this was an adaptation of Kurosawa's work in a different setting and he was in the open with everyone who worked on the picture. The production company knew very well it has to acquire rights from Kurosawa (and was instructed to do so according to Leone), but since the movie was for them just another low-budget project, they didn't may be hoping it went unnoticed. Following the unexpected international success it certainly didn't go unnoticed.

  • @davidk6269
    @davidk6269 2 роки тому +2

    Has anyone seen "Red Sun"? It was a 1971 western starring Toshiro Mifune and Charles Bronson in which a Japanese Samurai travels to the old west and joins forces with Bronson the gunslinger to take on the bad guys.

    • @beskarman38
      @beskarman38 2 роки тому +1

      I have. That obscured movie started before 'Shanghai Noon' started. But Red Sun was better, and Ursula Andress....a sex goddess of that time.

  • @AngusStewart01
    @AngusStewart01 3 роки тому +1

    In film studies in college I watched this film yojimbo last year

  • @doomedwalker6960
    @doomedwalker6960 3 роки тому +6

    And like that I must watch Yojimbo.

    • @Dravianpn02
      @Dravianpn02 3 роки тому +2

      Watch most of Kurosawa. Hes one of the greats and considered the master for a reason.

    • @ihaveeyesbutimustntlook1668
      @ihaveeyesbutimustntlook1668 3 роки тому

      I also recommend Sanjuro which is the sequel to Yojimbo and it is better than yojimb in mho:).

  • @Milestonemonger
    @Milestonemonger Рік тому

    Positioning the camera right behind Clint Eastwood's gun as he skilfully shoots the bad guys makes for a very immersive and satisfying experience for us, the audience.

  • @sebastienvondoom8615
    @sebastienvondoom8615 3 роки тому +1

    Matt Draper has never made a bad video
    Change my mind.

    • @futurestoryteller
      @futurestoryteller 3 роки тому

      He made that one video about....
      ...
      ...
      This is the first Matt Draper video I have ever seen.

  • @septiarezano1008
    @septiarezano1008 3 роки тому +1

    The idea of against all odds and the practice of anti hero are the game changers that these flicks contained. They changed the principle direction of western film broader

  • @Jelperman
    @Jelperman 3 роки тому +1

    Yojimbo also has a lot in common with Buchanan Rides Alone, the classic Randolph Scott western.

  • @sallyshafer436
    @sallyshafer436 Рік тому +1

    I did not know that Kurosawa sued Leone and won 15% of all proceeds of Fistful…. But I’m glad he did! Both are masterworks, but one clearly “borrowed heavily” from the other.

  • @PostInquiry
    @PostInquiry 2 роки тому

    The first western I remember seeing that really blew me away was Once Upon a Time, and when I started watching Kurosawa's movies I remember thinking, these samurai movies are basically the Japanese version of the wild west - except there's also something very 90's hip-hop about them (can't imagine where I got that from..)
    Was watching Fistful tonight and I was like, oh, this is Yojimbo
    Thanks for confirming XP

  • @rinatvaliullov3247
    @rinatvaliullov3247 3 роки тому

    Cool!

  • @wolfthornnholtzklau4913
    @wolfthornnholtzklau4913 3 роки тому +1

    The underrated Bruce Willis movie "Last Man Standing" is also the same story.

  • @fernandoluna6589
    @fernandoluna6589 3 роки тому +2

    always great matt, this reminds me that i feel that mandalorian has a tone of reference to the work of sergio leone and akira kurosawa

    • @bl4454
      @bl4454 3 роки тому

      Pretty much the entire concept behind the Mandalorian series was lifted from a series of samurai films called “Lone Wolf and Cub.”

  • @michaelproctor8100
    @michaelproctor8100 8 місяців тому

    When Clint Eastwood first saw Yojimbo not long after its initial release, he told friends that it would make a great western, but no one who have the guts to make it.

  • @professormccoyspopculturer8345

    Its me or does anyone else wanted for both characters to have a team up film or story were they both are hired for the same job and it like buddy cop film where both guys learn from eachother and grow ro respect the other martial skills and become not quite friends but close enough

  • @skydreamer4225
    @skydreamer4225 3 роки тому +11

    Ah yes, my favourite two Legendary Anti-heroes, Yo Jimbo and Man With No Name... This two will never get old to me

  • @richardaiken1
    @richardaiken1 Рік тому

    13:11
    Swan vs. Luther in The Warriors (1979)

  • @agitatedzone
    @agitatedzone 7 місяців тому

    Toshiro Mifune was so cool in that movie

  • @markordorica4935
    @markordorica4935 Рік тому

    There was one I liked in that Japanese samurai lone Wolf protecting his son and himself ! I have those movies DVDs , his performance is very good 🎬🎥📽️🎞️👏🏆

  • @kingnothing3523
    @kingnothing3523 Рік тому +1

    The Magnificent Seven based on Seven Samurai, and Fistful of Dollars based on Yojimbo. Kurosawa should be a name known to lovers of spaghetti westerns.

  • @bigfrankfraser1391
    @bigfrankfraser1391 2 роки тому +1

    "a fine movie, but it was my movie" - akira kurosawa on fistful of dollars

  • @Faenwolf
    @Faenwolf 3 роки тому +1

    Great movies, great analysis. Have you seen Walter Hill’s ‚Last Man Standing‘ with Bruce Willis and Christopher Walken? While it can‘t hold a candle to this masterpieces, I still consider it a guilty pleasure and interesting remake of those movies.

    • @MattDraper
      @MattDraper  3 роки тому +1

      That's right, I forgot to mention that film! It definitely doesn't stand up to these two, but is an interesting riff on the plot.

  • @futurestoryteller
    @futurestoryteller 3 роки тому +5

    Do we really know that Kurosawa was criticizing "western influence" with these guns? First of all, he supposedly said that being accosted by American censors on his movie "Stray Dog" was the only time he wished Japan had won World War II. It's also obvious given how much he liked John Ford movies that he was arguably more susceptible to western influence than most Japanese at the time, to the point where they didn't really want to fund his movies.

    • @vassily-labroslabrakos2263
      @vassily-labroslabrakos2263 3 роки тому +1

      I also consider the ending of seven samurai as a hidden middlefinger to government of imperial Japan and its glorification .

    • @nickmitsialis
      @nickmitsialis 3 роки тому

      @@vassily-labroslabrakos2263 Yes, another film vlogger pointed out that, instead of fighting to the 'death with honor', many of the seven repeatedly ran away and tried to hide to survive the defeat of their various liege lords.

    • @FlameG102
      @FlameG102 3 роки тому +1

      you can like something but still want to criticize it.
      doesnt have to be one or the other.
      At the same time I tend to feel that people read too deeply into symbolism. The period Yojimbo takes place in, very much nearing the end of the era of Samurai, is a very deeply rooted cultural touchstone in Japan, as it was at that point- not WW2, when Japan westernized. When the Government of imperial japan switched to military by conscription rather than caste and warrior ways. And adopted western techniques and tools. And it reflects pretty well with the American west as being a period of social uncertainty as the natural order of society rapidly changes towards an unknown and unproven future, or in the case of America, a new, uncharted frontier.

    • @futurestoryteller
      @futurestoryteller 3 роки тому

      @@FlameG102 You're completely missing the point that this seems to have less to do with how "the west changed Japan" than it does "how Japan changed" you know... like how westerns _are_ about how the west changed... maybe it's a bit narcissistic to think eastern movies are about how the west changed the east... Even ones with guns in them. Besides which, many Japanese filmmakers demonstrate a direct link between feudal Japan and the futile rise of the Japanese imperial army.
      During one era, it's said that a samurai could kill indiscriminately just to test the viability of their sword, because no one would hold them accountable for it. It's not a surprise to me that Japanese artists make a critical connection between a culture that commits ritual suicide as restitution for slights against a lord, and one where kamikaze pilots give their lives for honor on behalf of an emperor. The presence of western influence or technology seems largely incidental in its effect on this kind of inhumanity.

  • @user-wo9gl6tc4f
    @user-wo9gl6tc4f Рік тому

    And this is how STAR WARS was born. It's nothing more than a western with swords.

  • @ginofrancejr555
    @ginofrancejr555 Рік тому

    The western and samurai movies are one and the same. Great video review cover more Kurosawa especially throne of blood and seven samurai

  • @RKnights
    @RKnights Рік тому

    This was fantastic

  • @audreyandremington5265
    @audreyandremington5265 3 роки тому +10

    So when Leone does it, it's "inspired by" and "homage to", but when I do it, it's plagiarism? Pfft life ain't fair

  • @aprigio64
    @aprigio64 Рік тому

    Sergio Leone se baseou no roteiro de Yojimbo mesclando a história de Servo de dois senhores de Carlo Goldoni, todavia criou um estilo diferente. Tem apenas alguns planos parecidos. Leone revisou os planos do filme de Kurosawa e criou outro estilo de filmar.

  • @thomasbower7727
    @thomasbower7727 2 роки тому

    I noticed a piece from one of the Trinity movies in the Spaghetti Western montage. While I loved the films, that's like slipping an Austin Powers clip in with James Bond movies. Heck, maybe even Archer.

  • @t.hussain921
    @t.hussain921 3 роки тому +1

    "Get three coffins ready"

  • @Toxicdemon2
    @Toxicdemon2 3 роки тому +1

    Clint is just the coolest looking cowboy

  • @jonathanbarker1016
    @jonathanbarker1016 3 роки тому +2

    "a Fistful Of Dollars" a awesome movie to watch .It's my favourite No Name trilogy if got that right ,And the other two are sweet also .But did know that Kurosawa inspired Leone to make a. cool western series of movies .That is pretty sweet to know ,Since both of those directors inspired other directors down the road ,And they made some cool movies as well .

  • @Angel-Otk
    @Angel-Otk 2 місяці тому

    I’ve never heard anyone ask “how much do you make” I’m pretty sure that’s known to be bad manners

  • @itsmeme8544
    @itsmeme8544 3 місяці тому

    YOJIMBO number 1

  • @Chandasouk
    @Chandasouk 3 роки тому

    Fistful of Draper!

    • @MattDraper
      @MattDraper  3 роки тому +1

      Sounds like something that would get me banned from UA-cam!

    • @Chandasouk
      @Chandasouk 3 роки тому

      @@MattDraper oh you dog lol

  • @jamesc2889
    @jamesc2889 3 роки тому

    Is there any service or source that i can watch both movies?

    • @aliensconfirmed3498
      @aliensconfirmed3498 3 роки тому

      Fistful is available for free on UA-cam. Don't know where would you get Yojimbo legally.

  • @DennisCNolasco
    @DennisCNolasco 3 роки тому

    It’s about time someone made a comparison between these two masterpieces!

  • @sleuthentertainment5872
    @sleuthentertainment5872 2 роки тому +1

    Kurosawa changed the jidai-geki
    Leone changed the western
    Two genius