Yojimbo (1961, Jp.) (aka The Bodyguard)
In director Akira Kurosawa's samurai tale, remade as
Sergio Leone's spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars (1964, It.):
- in the conclusion, the influential scene of masterless
ronin "Kuwabatake" Sanjuro's (Toshiro Mifune) return
to the dusty, windy town's main street for a decisive standoff
and showdown by himself against Ushitora (Kyū Sazanka) and
his men, and Unosuke (Tatsuya Nakadai), who fired his revolver,
but was struck by Sanjoro's knife in his forearm; then using his
sword, Sanjuro slashed the remaining men
- the dying words of Unosuke to Sanjuro: "Say,
samurai trash, are you there?...The entrance to hell - I'll be waiting
there for you!" Sanjuro spoke after he expired: "He died
as recklessly as he lived" and then promised to the town's three
remaining old men before walking away: "Now it'll be quiet in
this town...So long!"