YOJIMBO

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. The ronin convinces both businessmen, a silk merchant and a sake merchant to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

Craig and Alan talk about samurai tropes, The Ghost of Tsushima, double-crosses and the movie “Yojimbo” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!

Show Notes

1:01

Craig and Alan talk samurai tropes and how the game Ghost of Tsushima inspired this month’s theme.
11:15

Craig and Alan discuss “Yojimbo”
30:10

Recasting
47:46

Double Feature
50:39

Final Thoughts
56:01

A preview of next week’s episode “Kubo and the Two Strings”