Not only was Fistful of Dollars a remake, they failed to get the rights to release it in America at first LOL Kurosawa (one of my favorite directors) rightfully sued.
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In 1964, Yojimbo was remade as A Fistful of Dollars, a spaghetti western directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first appearance as the Man with No Name. Leone and his production company failed to secure the remake rights to Kurosawa's film, resulting in a lawsuit that delayed Fistful's release in North America for three years.
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