Sukiyaki Western: Django

Sukiyaki Western: Django (スキヤキ・ウエスタン ジャンゴ, Sukiyaki Uesutan Jango) is a 2007 Japanese film by Takashi Miike. The title of this English language western refers to the Japanese dish, sukiyaki, as well as Sergio Corbucci's spaghetti western film, Django. It also takes inspiration from the "Man with No Name" stock character variously used in the spaghetti western genre but most notably in Akira Kurosawa's jidaigeki film Yojimbo and Sergio Leone's Dol... more

Sukiyaki Western: Django (スキヤキ・ウエスタン ジャンゴ, Sukiyaki Uesutan Jango) is a 2007 Japanese film by Takashi Miike. The title of this English language western refers to the Japanese dish, sukiyaki, as well as Sergio Corbucci's spaghetti western film, Django. It also takes inspiration from the "Man with No Name" stock character variously used in the spaghetti western genre but most notably in Akira Kurosawa's jidaigeki film Yojimbo and Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy. Inspired by the historical rivalry between the Genji and Heike clans, which ushered the era of samurai dominance in Japanese history, Sukiyaki Western Django is set "a few hundred years after the Genpei War". The Genji and Heike gangs face off in a town named Yuta in Nevata, while a deadly gunman comes into town to help a prostitute get revenge on the warring gangs. The film contains numerous references both to the Gempei War and to Wars of the Roses, not to mention Yojimbo and Fistful of Dollars. On June 8, 2007, a manga... less