if sergio leone once upon a time be consider an ode to the american western with all it fundamental element all pack neatly in an 3 and a half hour package of visual splendor than takashi miike sukiyaki western django be an ode to the italian western through and through with all the style and violence and sound that leone bring to the art of cinema and sergio corbucci use to create his most famous work django . a visual feast and miike tribute to corbucci work be the poetic equivalent of tarantino own tribute to the italian western ( and some other cult genre ) kill bill . set around and in a strikingly offbeat way to and the 12th century heike or genji clan war sukiyaki western django be the tale of a mysterious gunman ( play by hideoki ito ) who come into a nearly desert once prosper town now control by the two rival group . in a sense this be the italian west go back to it root and it no secret leone be greatly inspire by the work of akira kurosawa with yojimbo serve a the blueprint for the maestro own breakthrough with a fistful of dollar . corbucci own django use the same basic premise and now miike follow . after some flashy display of skill and and some attempt from the two clan to persuade him to join one of them the gunman be persuade by ruriko one of the few resident who remain to help the townspeople . a series of flashback reveal much of the background and motif behind the two clan arrival . they also open the pathway to a subplot revolve around a tragically destroy genji or heike family which play a major part in the main plot . for those of you who deem themselves tarantino fan will have much to be happy about a tarantino play a bad as and poncho wearing gunslinger name ringo who introduce u to the heike or genji conflict and play an important part later on . style be of the essence and style be what sukiyaki have . though a tribute to django this be nevertheless pure miike cinema and expect that same weird humor and surreal kinetic action and with some sexual cue ( although much restrain compare to some of his previous endeavor ) he become renowned for . it a non stop joy ride beautifully shot and the impressive set design and background and the great costume and yes a machine gun in coffin scene and pure poetry . this be not about realism and it be not about create a believable world but about a world that respond to the mood that adapt accord to it . the final showdown represent a collision of two world and two genre it be the ultimate fusion of samurai and western film and the duel between the gun and the sword . there be some lovely little reference only noticeable to the more vigorous django fan and and a truly awesome end . what might be my only gripe with sukiayki be the choice of language . have the japanese cast speak in broken down english do sort of lessen the experience not by much comparing to some of the horrendous english dub in some italian western but still it would have be preferable use a japanese language track with an optional english one . that to say the dialogue itself be a pastiche of noticeable one liner clichés and over the top silly yet listen to entire dialogue stitch together from over use line have a remarkably refresh effect on those line . koji endo composes the soundtrack and it be not his first time work with miike and hopefully would not be the last . for the film he combine and the typical morricone sque western music with that of the japanese samurai flick in a modern just lightly rock adaptation . sukiyaki western django pay homage to what be now a dead genre . dead but not forget . not by takashi miike who use the tool of the italian western to bring forth his own vision and his own take on a story well know and love and it be a true gem .