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mantis2k
01-23-2003, 04:39 AM
Please post a list of any Spaghetti Western movies, which you know has inspired Kung Fu Movies.

1) Dollar trilogy (1964-1966) inspired Shaw Brother's MAGIC BLADE
2) Days of Wrath (1967) inspired 7 COMMANDMENTS OF KUNG FU
3) Once Upon A Time in the West [1968] inspired ALONG COMES A TIGER

FYI, The Dollar trilogy was actually inspired by the Japanese movie YOJIMBO


anymore???

gimpusmons
01-23-2003, 04:47 AM
As a side note, Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars" was actually based on an American Western pulp novel. Kudos to anyone who can possibly name the book (I don't have the answer myself).

Dion Brother
01-23-2003, 05:31 AM
But Dashiell Hammett's RED HARVEST.

esquef09
01-28-2003, 07:38 PM
'A Fistful of Dynamite' aka 'Once Upon a Time... the Revolution' inspired Wu Ma's WITS TO WITS aka FROM CHINA WITH DEATH (source : HK Video magazine).