In particular, Kurosawa's Seven Samurai has been remade several times as Western films, such as The Magnificent Seven ( 1960 ) and Battle Beyond the Stars ( 1980 ), and has also inspired several Bollywood films, such as Sholay ( 1975 ) and China Gate ( 1998 ).

Next he appeared as gunman Lee in The Magnificent Seven ( 1960 ), a role he essentially reprised 20 years later in Battle Beyond the Stars ( 1980 ), both films being adaptations of filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese samurai epic, Seven Samurai

* 侍 The Samurai ( 1980 ): A historical novel relating the diplomatic mission of Hasekura Tsunenaga to Mexico and Europe in the 17th century.

Samurai ( 1979 ), Shadow Warriors ( 1980 ), Samurai Reincarnation ( 1981 ).

The Takeda style has been featured in classic samurai films such as Akira Kurosawa's " Seven Samurai " ( 1954 ) and " Kagemusha " ( 1980 ).

* The Samurai ( novel ), a 1980 novel by Shusaku Endo

Samurai appears in The All-New Super Friends Hour, Challenge of the Super Friends, Super Friends ( 1980 ), Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians.