Seven Samurai1954
Paired by the Criterion Channel, both on Top 10 lists by Adam Yauch, Caitlin Kuhwald and 2 others, both directed by Akira Kurosawa, both with commentary by Stephen Prince, and both starring Toshirō Mifune
Yojimbo
用心棒
Japan / Japanese / 1961 / 1h 50m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №52
- Commentary
- 1 track on the Channel player
Synopsis
The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic YOJIMBO. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.
