Fist full of Dollars vs. Yojimbo

Risay117 · September 26, 2016, 12:21:58 AM

After watching both, one a classic from Akira Kurosawa starring Toshiro Mifune and another a western from Sergio Leone starring Clint Eastwood. I must say Yojimbo is the Superior one. Although Clint Eastwood's acting was great the similarities of the later to the former were too much, and the passing and the realignment of the story felt off.

Cinematography wise they both are similar but you can easily see why Akira was considered the Superior director compared to many others from his time till now. His writing pacing and fluidity of the story is something most directors would be jealous of and can be seen in his movie the Seven Samurai.

So anyone seen a movie that are successors of others and which one do you feel is the Superior one?

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Turkey · September 26, 2016, 09:44:36 AM

Fistful was only Leone's second film, so it's a bit unfair to even compare the two in terms of directorial quality. I don't know if anyone could say with a straight face that Fistful is better than Yojimbo, except if they're biased towards Western culture. I appreciate that Fistfull wasn't a direct ripoff, and changed quite a bit of the tone and characters, basically using Akira's film as a template (though both are apparently unlicensed adaptations of a book called Red Harvest).