Sukiyaki Western Django is a Spaghetti Western by Takashi Miike starring almost entirely Japanese people, with almost exclusively English dialogue. There are two exceptions to both: one of each of them is Quentin Tarantino, who opens the film in a flashback where he tells the age-old tale about a war, a recurrence of which he takes part in much later in his life. He then throws an egg in the air, shoots 3 people whose blood splatters the backdrop, and then extends one hand to catch the egg to an accompanying slide whistle. It's that kind of movie.

The film takes its plot from the Spaghetti Western film genre - Django, among others, hence the name, although significant plot elements come from Yojimbo and its de facto remake A Fistful of Dollars: sukiyaki is a hot pot or "steamboat" dish often used as a generic label of "Japaneseness".

Tropes used in Sukiyaki Western Django include:
  • Anachronism Stew
  • Arbitrary Gun Power: Sometimes, gun shots will blow you across the room, and some times they'll just be annoying.
  • Barehanded Blade Block: Played straight, then subverted for laughs.
  • Bittersweet Ending: The two rival clans are defeated and the hero gets (but walks away from) the gold, but nearly every single one of his allies is killed by the end.
  • Blown Across the Room: The Mercy Kill on the guy who gets a sword 6 inches in his head blows him out of frame.
  • Do Not Call Me Paul: the leader of the Reds insists on being called Henry, instead of his birth name of Kiyomori, after Henry VI, because "in Shakespeare's story, the Reds win".
  • Eternal Recurrence: The Genpei War, apparently.
  • Fake American: With two exceptions, every actor in this is Japanese, and with two exceptions, every line in this is in English.
  • Faux Fluency: Filmed with English dialogue by Japanese actors, most of whom don't speak English all that well.
    • Quentin Tarantino both has a line in Japanese and a line in English with a sudden dramatic Japanese accent.
    • "QUUUUUEEEEAM GWWWWAAAAVVYYYYYY!!"
  • Flat What:
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