*I usually use the title pic from the film's Wikipedia page, but I didn't like the chosen image for Seven Samurai.*What It Is: A truly incredible Akira Kurosawa movie about 7 ronin that band together to defend a poor farm town from bandits. Also, it's the movie that inspired the classic western, The Magnificent Seven.
Why I Watched It: It's probably the first subtitled movie that ever took my breath away.
What I Thought: It was filmed in 1954 and it still rocks. The story is good, the cast is awesome, the humor is well-placed, the tragedy works and the heroism hits home.
I really can't say enough. Kurosawa was on his A-game with Seven Samurai and it seems his key actors were as well. The film does exactly what it sets out to do and that's really all you can ask for.
Highlights: The in-depth characters of the samurai themselves (the leader Kambei directly inspired Yoda), ToshirÅ Mifune is hilariously great as usual, "find hungry samurai", and "I can't kill a lot with only one sword!"
Who Should See It: Foreign film buffs, Asian movie fans, and everybody else!
How Soon: Whenever you're ready for a tragically cool and very classic samurai tale!
Seven Samurai
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