Soleil Rouge has always been of my favorite westerns thanks to the great international cast. Are there any other "sushi-westerns" ? (not Japanese westerns, but "Western" westerns with Japanese elements.
shareRed Sun
The Stranger in Japan
The Five Man Army
White, the Yellow, and the Black
The following do not feature Japanese elements, but rather Japanese playing Mexicans! In fact two famous samurai actors, Toshiro Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai both played Mexicans. They are:
Today It's Me... Tomorrow It's You!
Animas Trujano
"Stupid friends are dangerous"
Pycal, your signature from Animas Trujano--have you found an english dubbed copy of this film?? I have been looking for quite a while with no luck.
But is there anyone who's really good? Maybe goodness is just make-believe.
its chinese not japanese style buy "Là dove non batte il sole" aka "blood money" with lee van cleef may be what you are looking for. (not in the same class as red sun tho)
shareThe Stranger and the Gunfighter (aka Blood Money)
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
Return of Shanghai Joe
Three Musketeers of the West
Shanghai Noon
Walk Like a Dragon
"Stupid friends are dangerous"
There are also many western remakes, or just westerns inspired by Japanese samurai films. Some of these would be:
The Magnificent Seven
A Fistful of Dollars
Django
Blindman
The Outrage
The Master Gunfighter
and a ton more with the 'Yojimbo' plot line.
"Stupid friends are dangerous"
The Spaghetti Western 'Oggi a me... domani a te!' may not actually have a literal Japanese character but it does have one of the greatest Japanese actors, Nakadai Tatsuya, as the villain James Elfrego.
Nakadai is also in another Western, this time as a Japanese character, the film is called 'East Meets West' but I haven't seen it. There seems to be a few clips of it on YouTube though.
P.S. I'm not sure why everyone is stating films that are Chinese influenced. There are many differences between China and Japan.
"Nothings gonna change my world!"
"There are many differences between China and Japan"
Indeed. Apart from the Chinese influence on Japan, they are actually non-related (well atleast on a close level, all cultures are related) cultures. Japan is closer, culturally, to Korea and the other Altaic cultures than it is to China.
"Namu-myoho-renge-kyo"
Everyone is getting a bit off-topic with things like "Once Upon A Time in China and America" which is about China not Japan.
"Nothings gonna change my world!"
If you're up for a little post-apoctolyptic cheese with western and samurai influences, I recommend Six String Samurai.
"That's the karma again, I didn't help Kenny so she beat me up with a telephone"
There is something very Japanese about "Shane". Shane is like a samurai. No past, no future. Before "Shane", there was no western quite like it; a gunfighter who wants to put his gun away yet winds up helpings strangers with his gun skill for motives he never clearly articulates.
I wonder if "The Seven Samurai" owes something to "Shane".
Other western movies with Japanese flavour ?