Really weird story of Mifune's Yojimbo waiting for something to happen
Incident at Blood Pass, released in Japan as Machibuse – Ambush, is a very interesting Japanese period piece made by Mifune Productions and released by Toho. That’s because it’s not your typical Japanese samurai drama.<br /><br />Almost the entire story takes place at an inn along a mountain pass in central Japan. The business is run by Oyuki and her grandfather. It also employs a new woman named Okuni. The main characters however are Toshiro Mifune in his last rendition of his famous Yojimbo character, Yojiro Ishihara as Yataro a traveling gambler with a heart, Kinnosuke Nakamura as an over zealous policeman Heima Ibuki, and Shintaro Katsu of Zatoichi fame as Gentetsu a former doctor running an illegal medicine business with the grandfather.<br /><br />At the start Yojimbo is hired to go to the pass and “wait for something to happen.” Neither he nor the viewer knows what that means. He has to scheme to keep everyone he meets at the inn to stay there and simply see what develops.<br /><br />It’s not until deep into the movie that the main plot is revealed. It turns out to involve robbery and gangsters.<br /><br />The pacing of the movie and the twist in the story is really weird. For most of the movie it’s just the characters sitting in the inn talking to each other. Oyuki for example falls for Yataro and begs him to stay when he leaves. Then the gangsters show up and the entire story turns around. There’s a giant climax scene with a very weird ending, followed by the conclusion that is just as disconnected from the rest of the film. It just seems a very strange mix that doesn’t quite work.<br />C
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : In his final portrayal of the Yojimbo character, Mifune Toshiro is hired to perform a mission so mysterious he isn't even told what it is..