Editing Man with No Name (section)

==Concept and creation==
''A Fistful of Dollars'' was directly adapted from [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[Yojimbo (film)|Yojimbo]]'' (1961). It was the subject of a lawsuit by ''Yojimbo''{{'}}s producers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sidebmagazine.com/2011/04/14/1535/ |title=A Fistful of Dollars and Yojimbo |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=14 April 2011 |website=Side B Magazine |access-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107122137/http://sidebmagazine.com/2011/04/14/1535/ |archive-date=7 January 2014}}</ref> ''Yojimbo''{{'}}s protagonist, an unconventional [[rōnin]] (a samurai with no master) played by [[Toshiro Mifune]], bears a striking resemblance to Eastwood's character: both are quiet, gruff, eccentric strangers with a strong but unorthodox sense of justice and extraordinary proficiency with a particular weapon (in Mifune's case, a [[katana]]; in Eastwood's, a [[revolver]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cumbow |first=Robert C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DltlnjJ2VREC&q=%22yojimbo%22 |title=The Films of Sergio Leone |date=2008 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8108-6041-4 |pages=12–19 |language=en}}</ref>

Mifune plays a [[Samurai cinema#The Ronin with No Name|rōnin with no name]]. When pressed, he gives the [[pseudonym]] ''Sanjuro Kuwabatake'' (meaning "30-year-old mulberry field"), a reference to his age and something he sees through a window. The convention of hiding the character's arms from view is shared as well, with Mifune's character typically wearing his arms inside his kimono, leaving the sleeves empty.<ref name="Ebert">{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-yojimbo-1961 |title=Yojimbo |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=10 April 2005 |website=RogerEbert.com}}</ref> Prior to signing on to ''Fistful'', Eastwood had seen Kurosawa's film and was impressed by the character.<ref>From an interview conducted for a DVD documentary on Kurosawa</ref> During filming, he did not emulate Mifune's performance beyond what was already in the script. He also insisted on removing some of the dialogue in the original script, making the character more silent and thus adding to his mystery.<ref name=RetFan10/> As the trilogy progressed, the character became even more silent and stoic.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

The "Man with No Name" [[sobriquet]] was actually applied after the films were made, and was a marketing device used by distributor [[United Artists]] to promote the three films together in the United States film market.<ref name=RetFan10/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Prickette |first1=James |title=Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns |date=2012 |isbn=9781469144290 |page=287 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Q1SAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA287}}</ref> The prints of the film were physically trimmed to remove all mention of his names.<ref name=RetFan10/>

===Actual names or monikers===
In ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964), he is called "Joe" by the [[funeral director|undertaker]], Piripero, and Eastwood's role is credited as "Joe".<ref>{{Cite book |last=McGilligan |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w6i25jxBIwcC&q=%22Man+with+no+name%22+%22Joe%22 |title=Clint: The Life and Legend |date=2002-08-19 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=978-0-312-29032-0 |pages=131 |language=en}}</ref>

In ''For a Few Dollars More'' (1965), he is called "Manco" (Spanish for "one-armed"; in fact, in the original Italian-language version he is called "il Monco", a dialectal expression meaning "the One-armed one"), because he does everything left-handed, except for shooting.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=Howard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdOLDwAAQBAJ&q=monco |title=Once Upon A Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns |date=2006-03-31 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-85773-045-9 |language=en}}</ref>

In ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966), Tuco calls him "Blondie" ("il Biondo", meaning "the Blond one", in Italian) for his light hair. He is also "the Good" ("il Buono"), from which the film receives its name.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wong |first=Aliza S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUNvDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Man+with+no+name%22+%22Blondie%22&pg=PA64 |title=Spaghetti Westerns: A Viewer's Guide |date=2018-12-15 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-6904-0 |pages=64 |language=en}}</ref>

In the ''Dollars'' book series, he is also known as "The Hunter", "The Bounty Killer", "Mister Sudden Death", "Nameless", "No Name" and "''Señor Ninguno''", or its literal translation "Mr. None".{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}