But as Japanese swords are most often associated with samurai in western culture, the name has stuck. In Japan, such films are more likely to be called chanbara (sword-action) films. This includes ...

A group of nefarious, villainous Ricks breaks into his community and restores his violent past, forcing him to confront it in the process. This setup immediately draws parallels to Eastwood’s William ...

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If you count yourself a fan of Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood and additionally enjoy a good spaghetti Western, I have got a spot of good news for you, dear reader. What is this good news of which I ...

Hollywood moved further away from classical modes of storytelling, and with the decline in censorship and the influence of ... American actor Clint Eastwood. Leone’s trilogy asserted him as a ...

But he didn’t cook this stew from scratch. Before he was the sheriff of Western TV, Clint Eastwood was the outlaw king. And Unforgiven?That was his crown jewel. A gritty 1992 Western about Will Munny, ...

It’s Unforgiven in particular that is the best example of an influence that towers over everything Yellowstone has to say, and Sheridan completely agrees. Clint Eastwood’s 1992 revisionist western ...

Clint Eastwood is legendary ... No, we are instead spotlighting another recent effort from Eastwood. I’m talking about Cry Macho, a Western thriller he starred in and directed in 2021.

This article was updated to include more information about Eastwood's influence and ... new aesthetic of the Western. After debuting on the hit television series Rawhide, Clint Eastwood became ...