Review of Yojimbo (1961) by Daniel S — 09 May 2011

I feel like I can't really give this film its due, since I couldn't get through it all at once. It took me four separate days to make it through a movie that's less than two hours long. Maybe I just started at a bad time each day, but that doesn't say anything particularly flattering about this film.

There are great scenes and then there are stretches where it's too quiet for too long and my mind starts to wander. This is probably my favorite Mifune role that I've seen so far, but in terms of Kurasawa I prefer Ikiru.