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* IAmNotShazam: Many folks (particularly in the West) assume that "Yojimbo" is the protagonist's name, rather than his (sort-of) job title.
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* IAmNotShazam: Many folks (particularly in the West) assume that "Yojimbo" is the protagonist's name, rather than his (sort-of) job title. It doesn't help that the prequels, ''Film/ZatoichiMeetsYojimbo'' and ''Film/{{Machibuse}}'', also refer to the protagonist as Yojimbo.
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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: Director Creator/AkiraKurosawa was such a huge influence on films such as ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' and ''Film/{{Django}}'' that the movie's plot about a stranger [[PlayingBothSides manipulating both sides of a conflict]] isn't quite so original anymore. That said, most films inspired by ''Yojimbo'' tend to be {{western}}s, so the movie's {{jidaigeki}} setting helps retain ''some'' of its originality, especially since the main character is a swordsman rather than a gunslinger.
* SignatureScene: The final showdown, where Sanjuro [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCjsazHO0c0 squares off]] against Unosuke and his gang in clouds of blowing dust.
* SignatureScene: The final showdown, where Sanjuro [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCjsazHO0c0 squares off]] against Unosuke and his gang in clouds of blowing dust.
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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: Director Creator/AkiraKurosawa was such a huge influence on films such as ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' and ''Film/{{Django}}'' that the movie's plot about a stranger [[PlayingBothSides manipulating both sides of a conflict]] isn't quite so original anymore. That said, most films inspired by ''Yojimbo'' tend to be {{western}}s, so the movie's so ''Yojimbo'''s {{jidaigeki}} setting helps retain ''some'' of distinguish the movie from its originality, successors, especially since the main character is a swordsman rather than a gunslinger.
* SignatureScene: The final showdown, where Sanjuro [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCjsazHO0c0 squares off]] against Unosuke and his gang in clouds of blowingdust.dust, is the film's most famous scene.
* SignatureScene: The final showdown, where Sanjuro [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCjsazHO0c0 squares off]] against Unosuke and his gang in clouds of blowing
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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: Director Creator/AkiraKurosawa was such a huge influence on films such as ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' and ''Film/{{Django}}'' that the movie can come across as this. However, ''Yojimbo'' has more of a dark, tongue-in-cheek sense of humour than the other two. In addition, Creator/ToshiroMifune's performance is more confident and self-assured than either the reserved charm of Creator/ClintEastwood or the solemn weight of Creator/FrancoNero.
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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: Director Creator/AkiraKurosawa was such a huge influence on films such as ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' and ''Film/{{Django}}'' that the movie can come across as this. However, movie's plot about a stranger [[PlayingBothSides manipulating both sides of a conflict]] isn't quite so original anymore. That said, most films inspired by ''Yojimbo'' has more tend to be {{western}}s, so the movie's {{jidaigeki}} setting helps retain ''some'' of its originality, especially since the main character is a dark, tongue-in-cheek sense of humour swordsman rather than the other two. In addition, Creator/ToshiroMifune's performance is more confident and self-assured than either the reserved charm of Creator/ClintEastwood or the solemn weight of Creator/FrancoNero.a gunslinger.
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* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: Director Creator/AkiraKurosawa was such a huge influence on films such as ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' and ''Film/{{Django}}'' that the movie can come across as this. However, ''Yojimbo'' has more of a dark, tongue-in-cheek sense of humour than the other two. In addition, Creator/ToshiroMifune's performance is more confident and self-assured than either the reserved charm of Creator/ClintEastwood or the solemn weight of Creator/FrancoNero.
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* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: OnceOriginalNowCommon: Director Creator/AkiraKurosawa was such a huge influence on films such as ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' and ''Film/{{Django}}'' that the movie can come across as this. However, ''Yojimbo'' has more of a dark, tongue-in-cheek sense of humour than the other two. In addition, Creator/ToshiroMifune's performance is more confident and self-assured than either the reserved charm of Creator/ClintEastwood or the solemn weight of Creator/FrancoNero.
