• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 months ago

    Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa. It’s still enjoyable today IMO, and you can really see how some of the characters are a direct line to Star Wars characters.

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      Now this information makes “Star Wars Visions: Ronin” look like the the “back to the roots” material.

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      It also partially explains the Western feeling to Star Wars. Lots of Kurisawa films were made into Westerns.

      Seven Samurai became the Magnificent Seven (and Bug’s Life!). Yojimbo and Sanjuro became A Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More.