Yojimbo Opening | Student Film

[Alexadonis7688]

Very well made. Good work!

[charlielemmink]

Awesome! No one will ever again be Toshiro Mifune, and no one will ever again be Akira Kurosawa, but I love how much respect you show to both of them in your recreation. It's lovely. The way you adjust the robe and scratch your messy hair in this is perfect.

[virgil86]

i see your shadow

[BreshiBaraElohim]

nice

[frankrideau]

Mifune are big shoes to walk in.

[ajice86]

dragging!!!!!boring

[jamesoblivion]

Not bad. But tell your camera operator to mind his shadow. ;)

[no1frompeja]

this clip was as dumb as the person who created it what a load of old shit.

[ILLCRILLKILLER]

Yo the music would make a sick instumental on a LP homie

[sanjuniban]

Great job. What camera did you use for this?

[backwardsmoney07]

Well Done!

[EFFANDJEFF]

Wow! I've been looking for a film of the back of someone's head all my life, and now I've found it. Thank you sooooo much for this.

[jgm1889]

everyone looks cool walking to this track

[DeathStarJanitor]

hahahaha great! Yojimbo is one of the best movies ever made!

[D0llySh0t]

Haha, nice. :)

[tetsu7226]

Do you know that Spielberg took this in Laders lost ark opening.

[Skukkuk]

HA! You didn't do the tiny jump Mifune does when throwing the stick. HA!!!

[glitterfish82]

oh this was awesome! MIfune is some where grinnin!!! the time was dead on & you got the walk down pretty good. loved it!

[sadcepa]

well done sir! exactly the music i was looking for and i enjoyed the ending as well.

[studentshortfilms]

Not to take anything away from original works, but recreating segments of quality films can be a very useful learning experience - nicely done!

[Boby224]

nice recreation! good job!

practice aikido! =)

[Ninjakillah]

Why cast a white dude as "yojimbo"!?

Was Mifune white? No, he was japanese.

Was there any white samurai? I DON'T THINK SO!

This is just like that stupid"Dragon ball z" which casted a white dude!

And, that film "Akira" with Dicaprio.

Stop casting white ppl for asian roles!!

Stop make a stupid movie!!

This is ridiculous!!

[spawnedagony]

You idiot. Its a recreation for a student film.

Get your head out of your ass

[Ninjakillah]

why dont you try sticking your head up your ass?

see if it fits.

Remember one thing butthead, "good writing and right casting makes the perfect film!"

[spawnedagony]

No "perfect film". And its a good recreation so shut up and stop complaining

[Ninjakillah]

Hey man, I'm just proving my points.

You're the one who confronted me.

Maybe I should recreate your fuckin head so that you can THINK properly, and not crying like a BITCH!

[Ninjakillah]

Let's just end this silly conversation, shall we?

At this point, I don't really care what you have to say.

If you still need to bark, do bark properly.

I'm done with you, bro.

[LeHuyAnh]

Excellent job, man! :D

[Sakeytheninja]

I liked the opening sequence. And also the shot towards the end where the field just lays outstretched before him. In almost leading lines.

It would have been nice to see some more steady shots in the beginning though. Shaky shots can make or break a scene! Maybe try using a tripod for everything next time?

[sanjano1]

good, very nice

new Mifune ?

[MorrisIrvine]

way to boring mate. if you realy want to attack the audeinces minds then you need to completly redefinition the philosophys of cinema like i did with my films PSYCHE PROBE, COSMOSIS and PARALYSIS OF THE MIND (watch them on my channel)

[ramnair23]

hey is the guy in the opening scene really Toshiro Mifune? I can't seem to place this face with Toshiro's. maybe it's the bad angle.

[TheShoe1990]

hell yeah dude. this is my second favorite movie of all time, next to Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly :)

[paleasianman]

uh oh the youtube police are gonna get you for the copyright music

[Ayanenosan]

If you play Samurai, you must have two swords, samurai is also called metaphorically "Nihon-zashi", which means "carrying two swords".

And Sanjuro wears a "Hakama", so you shold put on the string under the navel.

if wearing a straw sandals, your waist is settled down, and can walk seriously like Mifune.

But westerner are long-legged, so I think that it is difficult to do a thing

But anyway it's difficult to play only with a back.

[Samuraigothlord]

Sanjuro did use one sword at the end, and its hard to get hold of to blades with sheaths (especially bokken)

My hakama goes just under my upper ribs as its so long so I think its fine here.

The rest is true though...and I dont think anyone can beat Toshiro mifune for this part.

[Ayanenosan]

It is physically difficult　to carry two swords, but orijinally that is the duty and the custom that should be defended.

It might be interpreted that Sanjuro doesn't have samurai's qualification, because he is "Ronin", but "two swords" will defend the boast as his samurai, There is actually little chance to use two swords at that time.

All problems are problems of aesthetics rather than the utility side.

[Wr417hj0v1]

this is great so simple (i have seen the original only 2 days ago) very impressive

you have influened me that public films dont have to be choreographed or simple videos of fools making mistakes.

i shall use my cammera for simmilar projects, thnx

[meco758]

Thanx to the uploader!!

Where can I find the opening song?

[psiegenthaler]

the song was tricky. I had to rip it from a video file. which i also ripped.

don't tell the copyright police

[ArousingAdmiration]

@meco758 Search for the CD called 'Film Music of Akira Kurosawa" I was looking for ages for the score for most of his films. Its a rare CD for some reason, but i really like it. :)

[meco758]

@ArousingAdmiration

Thanks a lot mate! :)

[tdls1234]

good job fella

-and one of the best films ever

[Mick342]

WANK!!!!

[Sorastor]

My GOD, I can't get enough of this. I love it. And good choice of film, too: Yojimbo has one of the best opening sequences in cinema history, and, in my opinion, if it's not Kurosawa's best film, then it's got the best music.

[psiegenthaler]

thanks.

I've always thought best film, best music.

[Dragonfreak47]

I wouldn't say best, but still way up there (Seven Samurai)

Great acting though!!!! The Mifune-ness carried perfectly. Great job, from a fellow film student/Kurosawa fanboy!!!

[talo91]

Excellent work, the video is awesome!!!

[bwanasan]

Nice job done!

I think it would make it better if you used a longer lens (or zoom) and placed the camera a bit farther from the actor. It will be more difficult to keep the right framing especially with handheld. But long lens somehow makes the actor's movement look faster and more dynamic, and the screen much spacious even if the size of the actor within the frame is the same.

Kurosawa used long lens and multiple cameras extensively in Yojimbo and it has one of the best and ingenious use.

[psiegenthaler]

Thanks for the feedback! I looked into better filming equiment for this project, but I had a very small budget... maybe next time. I give fifty percent of the credit to my cameraman, who was very patient with me and my directions. It was a very cold day, and we probably did twelve takes. My toes were about frozen through my make-shift samurai boots...

[gnjorge]

Increible.

Hermano la escena es exactamente igual incluso los gestos son los mismos de Yojimbo todo es identico incluso hasta el caminar es igual.

Te felicito increible trabajo los que nos gusta esta pelicula valoramos el tremendo trabajo que hiciste, sigue adelante viejo muy bueno.

Saludos.

[psiegenthaler]

gracias, gracias, gracias

[joegluntz]

Awesome.

[Ragindude]

Pretty good job - and good choice of film as well. I'm not an actor - but I do appreciate a well acted/directed scene of film.

Make another for us... :)

[psiegenthaler]

thanks!

I'm planning on making more in the future, but at the moment my hair is too short to make a good knot... maybe in a few months.

[Ragindude]

One scene I could recommend is the fight scene with the three hoodlums which begins with - SANJURO: "It's going to hurt". Classic :)

[Zlagie]

@psiegenthaler Ooh! maybe some samurai fights!

[dyset]

please make another one :D

*fight scene*

[Ragindude]

I'll second that! *fight scene*

[cguevara12]

That was really cool. I espicially love how you made this exactly like Yojimbo. It is the best.

[wildqwerty1]

very nice :)

شغل حلو يعني :)

بس بالعربي :)

[sol707]

そりゃまねしたくなるよな

Cool!

[Thosedamnhippies]

pretty good. nice touches on getting down how Mifune scratches the back of his head. also good that you used B & W.