In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Dollars Trilogy, ARC FILMS started screening a 4K restored version of all three films at once in Japan starting on March 22, 2024. The Dollars Trilogy consists of three Italian Spaghetti Western films directed by Sergio Leone: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). They star Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood is an American actor and film maker whose various roles and films greatly influenced Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. He made a lasting mark on the world of cinema with his roles in Westerns and other genres over a career spanning more than six decades. Famed for...
as the protagonist, the “Man with No Name”. Ennio Morricone composed the music for the trilogy.
The official Japanese website for the trilogy posted a comment from the creator of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Hirohiko ArakiHirohiko Araki
Hirohiko Araki, born Toshiyuki Araki, is a Japanese manga artist and the author of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. He made his debut in 1980 with his one-shot Poker Under Arms, and began his professional career with the short series Cool Shock B.T., Baoh the Visitor, and Gorgeous Irene. Araki's biggest series,..., on March 20, 2024. The @araki_jojo account shared it today on April 24, 2024. Other celebrities who commented on the film trilogy include Ayako Ishizu (film critic), Daisuke Onitsuka (film critic, translator of Sergio Leone’s 2002 biography), Hideo Kojima (game creator), and Guillermo de Oliveira (director of Sad Hill Unearthed).
Hirohiko Araki’s Comment on the Dollars Trilogy
Standing alone in the wilderness, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a poncho, and a gaze that seems to pierce through the dazzling light. This simple standing pose of Clint Eastwood embodies elegance! It’s legendary! It’s the figure of a hero unrivaled by any other!
Araki has been a fan of Clint Eastwood since his father took him to see For a Few Dollars More in 1966. Eastwood eventually became Araki’s ideal image of a hero, with Jotaro KujoJotaro Kujo
Jotaro Kujo is the main protagonist of the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders, and the third JoJo of the series. He also appears as a primary ally in Diamond is Unbreakable and Stone Ocean, and makes a brief appearance as a tertiary character in Vento...‘s design being inspired by him. Araki met Clint Eastwood in September 2012 and had an interview with him which Shueisha published in JOJOmenon in October 2012. In December 2021, Araki also commented on Eastwood’s Cry Macho film.
Source: Official Website
