The first "man with no name" was Toshirô Mifune, who made 16 films with writer/director Akira Kurosawa, starting with Drunken Angel in 1948, and ending with Red beard in 1965. This is one of his greatest performances.
Anyone familiar with American or Italian spaghetti westerns will instantly see the story here. The loner walks into town and sees an opportunity to play both sets of bad guys against each other to make money from each.
It is funny, and has lots of action as any western does. Forget any idea of foreign films when watching Mifune and Kurosawa. They are as familiar to you as films you grew up with. For great entertainment, they cannot be beat.
Anyone familiar with American or Italian spaghetti westerns will instantly see the story here. The loner walks into town and sees an opportunity to play both sets of bad guys against each other to make money from each.
It is funny, and has lots of action as any western does. Forget any idea of foreign films when watching Mifune and Kurosawa. They are as familiar to you as films you grew up with. For great entertainment, they cannot be beat.