Out of the many directors I have viewed films from, I have found that Kurosawa's films have far surpassed many of the other directors'. The way that he uses the hero in his films reminds me alot of the western, and because of this and my love for westerns, I find that his films are so very interesting to watch. By far his two best films that I have seen are Yojimbo and Seven Samurai, these two are my favorites because of the way he uses the hero. In Yojimbo the hero is just like the revisionist western hero, he is daring and smart but also gets himself into very awkward situations due to his flaws in character. The reason I liked Seven Samurai so much is because of the mixture used in the hero's, on one hand you have the classic hero who is kind, caring and does things for others and not for himself, while on the otherhand you have the Samurai who is almost the opposite. The other thing that I liked about Kurosawa was his use of the actor Toshiro Mifune, I thought that Mifune was an excellent actor and that he was the perfect person to portray many of Kurosawa's heroes with the exception for the main character in Stray Dog. Kurosawa made so many of his films look just like the kinds of westerns that I love, I had never thought that I would like foreign films this much, or ever samurai films in general but because of his unique style, Kurosawa made a new fan out of me.