OK Corral Duel - OK Corral Duel

Japanese: O.K.コラルの決闘 - おーけーこらるのけっとう
OK Corral Duel - OK Corral Duel

…A gunfighter in the American West. After working as a buffalo hunter, he served as sheriff in Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas, where lawless people were rampant, and in 1879 he became a deputy U.S. marshal in Tombstone, Arizona, and played a leading role in the so-called "O.K. Corral Duel" on October 26, 1881, along with his friend Doc Holliday (real name John Henry Holliday, 1851-1887). However, it is unclear whether he was a champion of justice as the legend suggests. …

From "Duel in the Wilderness"

...After the talkies, Ford had only made one western, "Stagecoach" (1939), but after the success of this film, he made five more in succession over the three years from 1947 to 1950: "Fort Apache", "The Three Godfathers" (both 1948), "The Yellow Ribbon" (1949), "Wagon Train" and "Forts of the Rio Grande" (both 1950), and during this period his name became inseparable from westerns (in Japan he is known as "the god of westerns"). Based on the famous "Fight at the O.K. Corral," the plot itself is conventional, centering on the confrontation between Sheriff Wyatt Earp and the lawless cattle ranchers, the Clanton family (it is also a remake of "The Border Patrol" (1939), starring Randolph Scott and directed by Allan Dwan). However, as a review at the time of its release stated, "The wilderness, the saloon, the cheap hotel, and other things that in an average western are merely backdrops for the action, here they begin to tell a story," the film's appeal lies in the vivid portrayal of the life of a pioneer town, the bartender, the traveling actor, the barber, and other people who live in the west, and the poetry that permeates the desolate landscape. The square dance scene on Sunday morning in a church still under construction and without a roof is considered to be the film's most famous scene.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "OK Corral Duel" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメリカ西部のガンマン。バッファロー猟師などをした後,無法者の横行したカンザス州のウィチタやドッジ・シティの保安官をつとめ,1879年,アリゾナのトゥームストーンで連邦保安官補佐に就任,81年10月26日のいわゆる〈O.K.コラルの決闘〉では友人のドク・ホリデーDoc Holliday(本名ジョン・ヘンリー・ホリデー,1851‐87)とともに主役となった。ただし彼が伝説のように正義の味方であったか否かはわからない。…

【荒野の決闘】より

…トーキー以後,この作品までにフォードが撮った西部劇は《駅馬車》(1939)1本だけであったが,この映画のヒットの後,翌47年から50年までの3年間に《アパッチ砦》《三人の名付親》(ともに1948),《黄色いリボン》(1949),《幌馬車》《リオ・グランデの砦》(ともに1950)の5本を次々とつくり,この時期にその名が西部劇と切り離せないものになる(日本では〈西部劇の神様〉と呼ばれる)。西部史上に名高い〈OKコラルの決闘〉に材をとり,保安官ワイアット・アープと無法な牧畜業者クラントン一家の対決を中心にしたプロット自体は型どおりなものだが(ランドルフ・スコット主演,アラン・ドワン監督の《国境守備隊》(1939)のリメークでもある),公開当時の批評で〈荒野,酒場,安ホテル等々,並の西部劇では単にアクションが演じられるうしろにある書割でしかないものが,ここでは物語を語り始める〉と評されたように,開拓時代の町の生活感,バーテン,旅役者,床屋等々に至る西部に暮らす人々の生き生きとした点描,そして荒涼たる風景の中に漂う詩情がこの映画の魅力を形成している。日曜日の朝,建設途上のまだ屋根のない教会でのスクエアダンスのシーンは,その最たる名場面とされる。…

※「O.K.コラルの決闘」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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