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Originally Posted by Question Mark
A little bit off topic, but since you brought it up... The original Star Wars film is largely based on Akira Kurosawa's classic 1958 samurai film The Hidden Fortress.
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/...ars-stole-from
Even the characters of the robots were borrowed. In Kurosawa's film, the robots, C3PO and R2D2, were two bickering peasants.
Well worth a watch. |
Yes, yes. I have it in a Critereon box set with Yojimbo and its sequel and The Seven Samurai. Though really, I prefer Roshomon and High and Low.