Yojimbo ("The Bodyguard") shows Toshiro Mifune at his best. It is a comic film about a lone samurai who walks into the middle of a town gang war. After demonstrating his skill with the sword, the name-less samurai becomes sought after by both sides. Things turn serious after an old man he has befriended is threatened. This is a thoroughly entertaining film and one can't help but see tricks and conventions later employed in Hollywood action movies.