KnowraYojimboLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Yojimbo, each with the reason it gives.All 9Broader topic 4Related 2Compared with 3Akira KurosawaBroader topic: Its spare, comic violence became a template for later Westerns and action films.Spaghetti WesternCompared with: Leone adapted its central plot for A Fistful of Dollars, prompting a copyright dispute.Sergio LeoneRelated: Its plot and staging provided a major source for A Fistful of Dollars.Seven SamuraiCompared with: Its solitary, self-interested protagonist contrasts with the cooperative group at the film’s center.JidaigekiBroader topic: Its sardonic, morally ambiguous hero broadened the genre’s image of the samurai.A Fistful of DollarsCompared with: Leone adapted its central plot without authorization, prompting a legal dispute with Kurosawa's producers.Samurai cinemaBroader topic: Its cynical, comic antihero recast the samurai as a freelance agent of disruption.Toshiro MifuneRelated: Mifune’s sardonic, improvisational performance made the nameless swordsman one of his signature roles.Tatsuya NakadaiBroader topic: Nakadai’s Unosuke, armed with a pistol, provides a modern threat to the wandering swordsman.