Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) (1954)

Posted : 2 months, 1 week ago at Sep 12 3:17

Considered Akira Kurosawa's most accomplished work, Seven Samurai is a black & white classic whose story has inspired many a film afterwards, most notably (& one of my favorites) the Magnificent Seven.
It's a story of the Old East, which coincidently enough, runs themes which will eventually become staples in movies dealing with the Old West.
Here, the heros are truly heroes, but each is shown as a distinctive individual, with human traits & flaws that allow for the empty space to be felt whenever a warrior falls, in battles that, as the movies states, are never truly won.



8.5/10

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 21 5:25

''What's the use of worrying about your beard when your head's about to be taken?'' A poor village under attack by bandits recruit seven unemployed samurai to help them defend against the foes. Takashi Shimura: Kambei Shimada Toshirô Mifune: Kikuchiyo Yoshio Inaba: Gorobei Katayama Seiji Miyaguchi: Kyuzo Minoru Chiaki: Heihachi Hayashida Daisuke Katô: Shichiroji Isao Kimura: Katsushiro Okamoto The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) is the greatest Samurai film I've ever seen. The story and level of detail is unsurpassed greatness in it's simplicity and at the same time complexity. With this genius trait of duality Seven Samurai takes storytelling up a notch. Inspiring Western Classics such as The Magnificent Seven, or even Japanese console...Read more

Rating : 10/10