Yojimbo (Bodyguard) - Akira Kurosawa

The film is about this wandering ronin which randomly (he throws a stick in the air at a crossroads n went where it pointed :) lands him in this town in which two gangs rival for mastery of the town's trade. The ronin offers his services as a Yojimbo. He then proceeds to double-play the two gangs making them to fight it out, in order to get rid of the 2 gangs for the peace of the town through his various acts and schemes. This is the last fight scene as he faces the remnants of the last surviving gang. The main lead was practising his knife-throwing skill while he was recovering from an earlier fight scene before this(he practised hitting floating leaves in his hut).The last man standing alive was actually a farmer's son from outside the town and joined the local gangs to get rich. His father tried to persuade him otherwise, and the son retorted he didnt want to spend his whole life eating mush at a run-down farm and heads to this town to strike it rich. Akira Kurosawa was a world-famous director starting from the 1950s-60s. His films were some of the early films that were distributed to worldwide audiences during post-war era. His style was very well-received, especially in the Western sphere which got their 1st taste of this emerging(or re-emerging) Japanese films and culture. His other notable films are Rashamon and Seven Samurai. The main lead is Toshiro Mifune, an actor which he repeatedly starred in his famous films, which incidently made Toshiro Mifune the most well-known portrayal of a Samurai or Ronin in film. This movie was the inspiration for 'A Fistful of Dollars' starring Clint Eastwood. A Western wild west adaptation was made for Seven Samurai as well.