Theft of Yojimbo?
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davidwile — 13 years ago(January 15, 2013 08:49 AM)
Hey Mgtbltp,
Your point is well taken. "Yojimbo" is different from Hammett's "Red Harvest," but "Fistfull of Dollars" is also just as different from "Yojimbo." I don't understand how Kurosawa was able to succeed in his claim against Leone.
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Clintessence — 13 years ago(January 21, 2013 12:00 AM)
Clint Eastwood said that when he read the script for "A Fistful Of Dollars", he recognized that it was a Western version of "Yojimbo", which is one reason he wanted to do it. Now "Last Man Standing" (1996) with Bruce Willis is a ripoff of "A Fistful Of Dollars" if ever I saw one.
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tobias_681 — 12 years ago(December 28, 2013 03:11 PM)
It's a remake. Just by looking at the opening you can clearly say that. Mifune and Eastwood do the excact same thing in the excact same way. There are many differences but ultimately Leone copied quite a bit from Yojimbo.
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35541m — 11 years ago(July 11, 2014 08:04 AM)
Having seen Yojimbo there is no doubt that this is a remake.
And the fact that a settlement was made to Kurosawa to give him part of the box-office receipts proves it really.
However, if the movie had been a flop would Kurosawa have sued? Unlikely. He was after a share of the lucrative US box-office. -
lehyrusaf — 11 years ago(July 24, 2014 03:29 PM)
Definitely Yojimbo. Also made several years later with Bruce Willin in Last Man Standing.
Many Japanese films were later remade into American Westerns. Many people are familiar with The Magnificent Seven. What they don't know is it was copied from Japan's The Seven Samurai, one of the best films out of Japan. My advice: Check out listings for showings of Anita Kurosawa films and others. Turner Classic Movies is a good place to start. -
cybopath — 11 years ago(October 03, 2014 05:08 PM)
Yea its a clear re-make of Yojimbo just transported to the Western genre.
Last Man Standing with Bruce Willis is another example.
All great movies in my opinion. This Is how you do a re-make. Remove it from its setting and don't trade off on the title. -
Strazdamonas — 9 years ago(November 10, 2016 10:42 PM)
This one copied Yojimbo to the point where even some dialogue was lifted. I saw yojimbo recently and when i started watching this i imediatelly started doing seeing how blatant the copy was.
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