This entire castle scene from Akira Kurosawa's Ran had a fundamental impact on how I approach writing my fantasy books. The grandeur, the epic scope, the sweeping haunting landscape, and troops moving in precise battle formations greatly influenced how I craft my story, the characters and the world.
Safe to say my ten years old self was captivated, despite not truly comprehending what I saw.
For Ran (1985), Akira Kurosawa had a full castle built on the slopes of Mount Fuji. For the famous siege sequence, it was burned down entirely, with the pressure of knowing they only had one chance to get the shot right.