• 5in1k@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Fistful of Dollars came out 2-3 years after Yojimbo, they have the same plot except one is Samurai and one is a Western. Kurosawa even got paid from it after a lawsuit.

    • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      They changed the setting to Mexico (kept most of the set design choices) changed the names, and added guns.

      I like Yojimbo and cowboys enough that I’ll watch both