Specialty CollectionGenre: FOREIGN FILMS
Description: JAPANESE FILM LETTERBOXED. SUBTITLES. DIRECTED BY AKIRA KUROSAWA. A SPIRITED, STRANGELY MORALISTIC TALE OF A SAMURAI WHO WANDERS INTO A TOWN WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF A CIVIL WAR. ON ONE SIDE STANDS A SILK MERCHANT AND ON THE OTHER A SAKE MERCHANT. BOTH OF THEM EQUALLY EVIL. THE SAMURAI SEES THEIR STRIFE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HIMSELF SOME MONEY AS WELL AS SECURE FOOD AND LODGING. HE IS HIRED BY SILK MERCHANT AS A YOJIMBO, OR BODYGUARD, BUT HAS A DEVIOUS PLAN OF HIS OWN. HE PRETENDS TO HIRE HIMSELF OUT TO THE SAKE MERCHANT AND SECRETLY KILLS OFF SOME OF HIS MEN. THE SAMURAI IS CAUGHT, BRUTALLY BEATEN, AND TOSSED IN PRISON. HE ESCAPES, HOWEVER, IN TIME TO WITNESS A MOMENTOUS BATTLE BETWEEN THE TWO FACTIONS. BOTH SIDES SUFFER EXTREME LOSSES AS SWORDS CUT DOWN ANY OBSTACLE IN THEIR PATH. WHEN THE WARRING IS OVER, THE SAMURAI GLANCES OVER THE MOUNDS OF CORPSES AND DISPLAYS A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IN FINALLY BRINGING PEACE TO THE VILLAGE.
