dueling

His Spaghetti Westerns are built entirely around the visual and moral language of dueling, culminating in the iconic standoff in 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.'

His samurai films, particularly 'Sanjuro' and 'Sword of Doom,' explore dueling as both physical combat and philosophical conflict between opposing ideologies.

His action films transform dueling into balletic gunplay and hand-to-hand combat that examines honor, rivalry, and redemption between opposing characters.