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A Swiss outlaw, a wannabe samurai and a sheriff set out to rescue a pony sent by the Japanese Emperor as a gift for the U.S. President, which is now being held for ransom by Indians.

The White, the Yellow, and the Black (1975)

I did my best. I suffered through half of the film, but that idiotic portrayal of Sakura started to destroy my brain, so I gave up. I couldn&#39;t believe it was the same Sergio Corbucci, who created Django. Eli Wallach and his obvious talent couldn&#39;t save the film either. Giuliano Gemma in it is forgettable. Holy heck, I still feel like I need a therapy after watching it. I only gave it three stars because of Wallach and a few good moments in the film. Can&#39;t recall them now lol. I need to erase this film from my memory.

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The White, the Yellow, and the Black

Also known as Samurai and Shoot First... Ask Questions Later, this is the last Italian Western that Sergio Corbucci would make after a career that brought the world Django, The Great Silence, Companeros and The Hellbenders. It is the gateway to his next career of making comedy films, often with Adriano Celentano and Terence Hill, such as 1980&#39;s Super Fuzz. I was wondering how this movie got away with such a racist Japanese interpretation, with Tomas Milian playing an Asian man named Sakura in the most stereotypical way possible. I hate to say, &quot;It was a 1975 exploitation movie made in Italy,&quot; but you can also explain that this is a parody of the much bigger film, 1971&#39;s Bronson and Mifune vehicle Red Sun. Long story short, a Japanese horse that was to be given to the government of the United States is stolen and Sheriff Edward &quot;Blackjack&quot; Gideon (Eli Wallach), outlaw Blanc de Blanc (&#39;Giuliano Gemma, Ringo himself) and Sakura have to get it back. Milian must have liked playing this role, because he brought it back for the movie Delitto al Ristorante Cinese, the eighth chapter in the Nico Giraldi film series, which was also directed by Corbucci. Also - keep an eye out for Mirta Miller as a redhead in the saloon. There&#39;s a cute moment at the beginning of the film as the Sheriff and his wife have an argument and she replies, &quot;For a fistful of dollars. For a miserable fistful of dollars that are not even already your share! At least I did that for a few dollars more... but &quot;vamos a matar&quot;, compañeros! Always around in the good, the bad and the ugly times! Head down, dear; you&#39;re at the day of reckoning, now!&quot; If you get the joke, you&#39;re my kind of person.

SAMURAI is the worst spaghetti western I&#39;ve seen from the usually assured Sergio Corbucci, a director known for adding a lightness of touch to his genre movies. The problem with this one is that it&#39;s an ethnic comedy in which the typically reliable Tomas Milian comes a cropper as he dresses in yellowface and speaks gobbledegook in his role as a lowly Japanese servant. If you thought Mickey Rooney&#39;s turn in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY&#39;S was racially offensive, you haven&#39;t seen anything yet. The rest of the film is a tired mix of genre tropes and repetitive slapstick comedy. Giuliano Gemma shows up playing the usual square-jawed cowboy hero while Eli Wallach hangs around and looks faintly embarrassed by it all, and who can blame him? I have no idea what they were thinking when they made this one and the only folk who come across looking good are the hard-working stunt team.

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The White, the Yellow, and the Black

Gloriously bad

Starring an Asian Tomas Milian

Lamentable yellowface comedy

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