Ukiyo-e Westerns, Reivew on Yojimbo

Another masterpiece of the master, it is still very Hollywood, very Western-style... "Intentional Stick" is a very personal work. The director, screenwriter, editor, and producer are all in one. The film is stylized and typed. The point of a movie is to look good. With the extension of all Japanese elements, it is wrapped in Hollywood Westerns. Although Akira Kurosawa's movies have such a form, this one is particularly prominent, so its meaning is relatively thin, and it does not reflect enough. Profound... Toshiro Mifune is a samurai, like a cowboy in the West. Unlike the cowboy, he is not accompanied by beautiful women. He is an ascetic ronin. There is basically no female factor in this film. Close to women, he is just full of sympathy, as if the director deliberately deified him and created a perfect hero. What is interesting is that the director did not highlight the social background, everything was just a fight between the two sides, the people were victimized, and the governor representing the official caused turmoil. To be temporarily relieved, the political stitching of this ideology cannot be ignored by the intentions of the big studios... It can be clearly realized that at this time, Akira Kurosawa is proud of the spring breeze and the spring is bright, so the tone of the film is also bright. The composition of this film still shows the level of the master, it is extremely gorgeous, the use of depth of field, telescope-style panning, and scroll-style cutscenes make this little story epic. The story, which makes people have a sense of reality of listening to legends or history. The use of music, costumes, Noh-style performances, and Ukiyo-e-like composition, the perfect fusion of Japanese elements, makes the film have a very high impact in aesthetics...

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