One should point out that non-western cultures trying to fit western genres into their non-western genre boxes amounts to the same thing. Doesn't stop everyone from gleefully attempting to co-opt other cultures' modes of artistic expression, much, does it?

(And I've heard that Star Wars was heavily heavily influenced on Lucas' exposure to Kurosawa's films, not the least of which was Hidden Fortress, and of course Kurosawa's films were heavily heavily influenced by his exposure to western noir literature and movies, not the least of which was Seven Samurai, so....)