Kurosawa, Throne, death scene

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Question 2: Most recent example is Yimou's HERO, IIRC a big Kurosawa fan. (well, who isn't)

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> Query: Does the final death scene of Toshio Mifune, playing Lord 
> Washizu, in Kurosawa Akira's Throne of Blood (Kumonosujo 1957) quote a 
> particular previous Japanese samurai or chambara death, or does it 
> quote a particular western? 
> 
> The question of the specific "bonny and clyde" -level overkill of 
> Mifune's character, assaulted by an almost cobweb of arrows was raised, 
> and I am not sure who has used it before and/or after Kurosawa's 
> landmark. 
> 
> Thanks! 
> Cathy 
> 
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