I have seen a number of Kurosawa films now and I was convinced Toshiro Mifune was a comedic actor, but he is a very serious actor. I would probably refer to Kurosawa films as complex action sagas. There is tension between characters and the samurai are seen as lawmakers. They can do what basic people cannot, whether it be fighting multiple enemies at once, they also have the wits to cause mayhem in society, with sides vying for their service. A samurai is your ultimate ''gun for hire'' which would later go on and influence the classic Westerns like Sergio Leone films later on.
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