Sukiyaki Western Django  It’s time to talk about Sukiyaki
Western Django, an English-language western directed by Takashi
Miike. Let me just stop and explain why it’s ridiculous I
haven’t seen this movie before now:    1. I love westerns.   2.
I love Japan.   3. I love Quentin Tarantino.   4. I love Takashi
Miike.  I don’t want to get too much into the plot. The whole
thing is just one big ball of over-the-top goodness. Who doesn’t
love a good spaghetti western or samurai flick? How about both
at the same time? I’ll show you the trailer and we can go from
there.  Right off the bat during Quentin’s voiceover, you see a
shot rising above the street as the Man With No Name stands
between two rival gangs.  You should immediately recognize the
connection between this film and Yojimbo; when you see this
character in the center, you just think Toshiro Mifune and Clint
Eastwood. Miike knows his film history, too; when the man tries
to sell his services as a hired gun, one of the henchmen yells,
“Best not get any idea