Seven Samurai

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:57 pm

Finally had a chance to see "Seven Samurai" - considered by many to be one of the best films of all time. I ended up enjoying it quite a bit, but you have to be in the mood for a 3.5hr film with subtitles... Smile

1954 Japanese film co-written, edited and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film takes place in Warring States Period Japan (around 1587/1588). It follows the story of a village of farmers that hire seven masterless samurai (ronin) to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops.

Quote:

Bandits are coming, you fool. Why worry about the beard, when the head is about to fall?

You'll notice many famous movies that have "borrowed" scenes or even the entire plot of this movie. The "Magnificent Seven" is almost a carbon copy..

Quote:

Seven Samurai was among the first films to use the now-common plot element of the recruiting and gathering of heroes into a team to accomplish a specific goal

The characters, dialogue, cinematography, and plot of this film are all superb, so check it out Smile

Quote:

Villager: How can we find a samurai we can pay with only rice?
Gisaku: Find hungry samurai.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:52 am

you just noticed this movie spastic?!

fuck me... this was the film upon which the magnificent seven was made.

LOL

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Two words gentlemen.

DRUNKEN MASTER

Thats the shit right there.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:03 pm

I've known about it for awhile, but like I said, 3.5hr with subtitles, gotta be in the right mood Smile

i thought this film was alot better than the magnificent seven

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:05 pm

Akira Kurosawa has done some epic classics I believe Tora Tora Tora was one of them

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:01 pm

I've seen it about 12 times but never all the may through, good flick.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:30 pm

Akira Kirosawa is a fantastic movie maker. Here is a couple of my favorite:

Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Ran

Yojimbo was also emulated by several films like Lats man Standing (Bruce Willis) and Lucky Number Slevin (also Bruce Willis).

Ran is one of those long epics that is only really appreciated by those who are a little familiar with ancient Japanese culture, specifically the fuedal system and Bushido.

If you watch the original Magnificent Seven, it credits Seven Samurai as the base of the film.