[NarhozNic]

Actually Kurosawa laid the template for the 'Western' movie. Shichnin No Samurai combined many elements of action cinematography together to create the first real action movie. This was later copied by Hollywood

I think you are somewhat mistaken. Kurosawa, in his own words, was a major fan of John Ford, in fact, may have idolized him as a director. John Ford was the master of the american western. In making "Seven Samurai" Kurosawa wanted to make a "Japanese" movie but he was certainly heavily influenced by Ford's work, not only as a story teller but as a director.

Of course Hollywood then copied the Seven Samurai and made it into the Magnificent Seven completing the cycle. Kurosawa has been copied several times by Hollywood with varying success. "Yojimbo" was re-made as a particularly horrible Bruce Wills movie called "Last Man Standing" and "The Hidden Fortress" became "Star Wars"