#niankoro

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

QUALIFYING ROUND: 142nd Tilt

Niankoro, Yeelen (1987) VS. Tajômaru, Rashomon (1950)

Propaganda

Niankoro, Yeelen (1987) Portrayed by: Issiaka Kane

"I just think he's neat"

Tajômaru, Rashomon (1950) Portrayed by: Mifune Toshiro

“like yes, the character is a scoundrel, but it takes a lot to make The Sexiest Man Who Has Ever Lived not be sexy, and taking his shirt off certainly isn’t going to do it”

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Who is the Hottest Medieval Man?

Niankoro [Issiaka Kane]

Tajomaru [Mifune Toshiro]

Voting ended onAug 18, 2024

Additional Propaganda

For Niankoro:

For Tajômaru:

“this one is for the girlies who are willing to ignore the fact that a man is UNHINGED and a menace because he’s just so pretty!!”

“he's extra-hot in this movie (as in: he doesn't wear clothes much and has kinda long hair)”

It's like a wonderful nightmare

三船敏郎 | 羅生門 (1950, 黒沢明)

Rowrbazzle

Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Noriko Ho

[heifercatmoon]

Some of the most memorable scenes from the 1987 Malian film Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé.

Yeelen means "brightness/light" in Bambara.

Set in the 13th century, the film tells the legend of Niankoro, the son of the sorceror Soma, and ultimately their fateful confrontation.

Soma, upon seeing a vision in which his son will be the death of him, deigns to slay his son. Niankoro leaves his mother and receives a prophecy from a hyena-man, then embarks on a mystical quest to defeat his father, who is tracking him via Kore magic post through Bambara, Fula and Dogon lands.

After impressing a Fula king with his magic, and helping his men win a war against some rivals, Niankoro receives his wife Attou (after "curing" "her" infertility and the 2 laying together).

The young couple journeys across the arid sun-scorched landscape into the peaceful escarpment where Niankoro's uncle dwells. The junior shaman receives his magic Kore's Wing (wooden sorceror's implement) from his uncle (Soma's benevolent twin), to evade capture, track his father, and ensure the fulfillment of the noble prophecy of he and Attou's descendents.

[medievalandfantasymelee]

Niankoro propaganda by @gluecookie

Originally submitted pre-tournament, the Scribes misplaced these and they were mistakenly not included in his tournament poll profile. We will be adding them to the main post as well.

Niankoro [Issiaka Kane] VS. Tajômaru [Mifune Toshiro]