Samurais could make great Cowboys?
I watched a Japanese film called, "Yojimbo". It's about a samurai named Kuwabatake Sanjuro, wanders into a very small, yet almost torn apart, town in a western setting. This town was divided by two gangs called the Seibei and Ushitora. These gangs spread havoc, never letting the town at rest. This plot unfolds with the samurai outsmarting the both gangs and cleaning out the town of their evil.
This was a well thought out movie that I did enjoy. There was one part where one of the gang's bosses bought a woman from her husband. The boss took advantage of her, leaving the husband regularly beaten in front of his child. Even though, the husband made a mistake the samurai helps him regain his wife and his dignity. They leave the town behind. I wish I could have saw more about what happens after they left. What would the wife say to her husband who betrayed her? How will he regain her forgiveness?
Now surprisingly this does happen today. It's called human trafficking. It has been going on mostly in other countries, but it also happening in the United States. Sadly, this has been happening under our noses for a long time, and there isn't a samurai to help them...
When the samurai helps them escape, they come back to bow down in thanks (practically worshipping him). But he remains humble and cares for their lives and makes them leave town. His humbleness show heroism. That even Samurais could make great cowboys.

I agree, it would have been interesting to see what happened to that family. I did not feel the need to know the rest of their story in this movie, but it was certainly the beginning of a story for them.
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