This darkly humorous samurai action film, done in the style of an American western, was in turn the source of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western, " A Fistful of Dollars " (AV # 89520). Letterboxed; DVD includes optional, retranslated Englis h subtitles, theatrical trailer. Director Akira Kurosawa; screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni and Kurosawa. Cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa. Stars Toshiro Minfune, Eijiro Tono, Tatsuya Nakadai. Japanese dialog with subtitles.