Power: the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. Power has always defined the status of one’s being. Whether it be in jobs, schools, homes, and even government, always one stands out and empowers. This trend goes back farther than this era. Yo Jimbo a dramatic, yet action thriller movie directed by Akira Kuwosara in 1961 is a pure example of this. This film mainly focuses on the war between two gangs and between the leaders, which are, both determined and underhanded. Yojimbo translating into Bodyguard describes our main character Sanjuro. When this society splits between two rivaling gangs desiring more power and control than the other does, hears about such a man, they want to obtain his security or defense in the process of gaining supremacy. Each gang yearns to have Sanjuro, which translates to “thirty years old”-although he tells people he’s almost forty years old-on their side to absorb more of an advantage in command. When the inner fire for control commences to spark more than it already does within all …show more content…
Power forms at its best when those who seek it come for it for a greater good; however, this does not mean the price to pay is not as vital. Although Sanjuro did not fully seek to have power, he suffered a life and death beating for trying to achieve a greater purpose. At the end of this movie one might say that Sanjuro is the one who carries the power when walking away from what once was a divided town to what then was a peaceful place for those who did not make an appearance in the film yet, are assumed to just be residents that stood inside to avoid the confliction. If these two vicious gangs would have come together and used their strengths for a higher resolution, they may have achieved the amount of power they wanted together. To gain, you must be willing to sacrifice anything it