KBC 14: Sergio Leone’s ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ is an unofficial remake of a movie by which legendary filmmaker?

KBC 14: Sergio Leone’s ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ is an unofficial remake of a movie by which legendary filmmaker?

Answer: Akira Kurosawa

When Sergio Leone released “A Fistful of Dollars” in 1964, the first instalment of the spaghetti western “Dollars” trilogy, he was ahead of his time. “A Fistful of Dollars” was actually a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 samurai epic “Yojimbo.”