This might seem real obvious, but while watching these films you can feel the similarities from each country.
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American Western Films - Historical settings, the frontier against Indians
Italian Roman Empire - Roman Legions on the frontier of the Empire against Barbarians.
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Italian Western - Challenges with the gunfight.
Hong Kong Kung Fu - Challenges with martial arts.
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Medieval European Knights - Knights and honor
Japanese Samarai - Warriors and bushido.
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Basically they are all action films in historical settings. The look fore each is very different yet some of them have a similiar feel to them. Even the three types above can be cross refferenced. I really enjoy films with historic settings. Even in Horror films like with Hammer the settings made the films more interesting.
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