This inspirography installment features another nearly-perfect Far West film, The Warrior’s Way, which was released in theatres late last year.

The hardest part about inspiration for Far West is the combination of elements — we’ve drawn inspiration from spaghetti westerns (and it’s easy to find examples of that genre which are inspiring), and martial arts films (also easy to find individual stand-outs of this genre). It’s a rare film that combines the two — and even rarer still when it could also be argued to be nearly as much a fantasy world as the setting of Far West!

But what else would you call an assassin from a nebulously-defined Asian culture (the weapons are Japanese, the clothing is pure fantasy, the actors are Korean and Chinese — and the line from the trailer identifying the assassins as “ninjas” isn’t actually in the film), who runs from his Clan to a ramshackle town in the equally nebulously-defined “West”, which is apparently exclusively populated by circus folk looking to stop their wandering? Did I mention that the town is threatened by a bandit band of ex-soldiers left over from “The War”, led by a villain in a Phantom of the Opera half-mask? The plucky love interest with a tragic past looking to learn martial arts? The town drunk who turns out to be an ex-outlaw gunslinger? How about the baby, lifted almost straight from Lone Wolf and Cub A three-way final showdown between bandits, assassins and circus performers?

Sound crazy?

Hell, that’s Far West.

Here’s a look at the trailer:

It’s currently available on DVD, and is easily worth a rental.