The CineVerse Report on Instagram: "A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Sergio Leone’s iconic Spaghetti Western, drew heavy inspiration from Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (1961), borrowing its lone-wolf narrative, character dynamics, and plot structure without officially acquiring the rights. This led Kurosawa and Toho Studios to file a lawsuit against the filmmakers—one they ultimately won. In a remarkable twist of cinematic history, Kurosawa reportedly earned more from the legal settlement than he did fro