Yojimbo Scene Analysis

Yojimbo, directed by Akira Kurosawa tells a captivated Japanese story about a wondering samurai, named Sanjuro who helps a small town get rid of the most troublesome group of gangs by using his cleverness. Kurosawa is known for his composition and movement in his film, but other elements of mise-en-scene is also skillfully. He does a fascinating job with the fighting scene. In the beginning of the scene where a woman and two men are conversing a scheme in a closet, Kurosawa establishes character proxemics. The characters show intimacy because of how close they are together as well as relationship with one another. The blocking of the wall from the left and right create a narrow and tight visual closet. This small space forces the character to scrunch up closer together making their conversation looks secretive. The distance relationship enhance the mysterious and
In the scene where the two groups of gang were about to fight each other, Kurosawa uses of lighting, composition, and angles is well compose together. For an example, the lighting in the …show more content…
Sanjuro is standing in the center of the frame where the building behind him and the building from the right side of the frame create a blocking. There was nothing in the foreground that completes a closing so this created an opening. This opening leads the eyes off the screen while it directs the eyes back to Sanjuro, this makes Sanjuro the dominant in this shot, because he leads the eyes.
In conclusion, Akira Kurosawa establish a strong understand of mise-en-scene in his film Yojimbo. He knows how to establish good lighting, his angles are well identifying through the character situation, he exaggerates the composition, he knows surroundings enhances character placement, and he identify the characters through concise costumes design. He really brings variety in each