Best foreign language film ever!

When I first saw The Seven Samurai I didn't fully appreciate it for some reason. I guess it was because it was one of the very first foreign films that I had seen. Now after seeing more foreign films, I watched it again and realised how much of a classic it really is. The Seven Samurai is one of the early epic adventures yet it is one of the most different because it being in black-and-white and is filmed in a quite extraordinary way. I was blown away by this film! It made me laugh, it made me feel sorry for the characters and most importantly, it kept me gripped to it from start to finish. Every single moment of this film was perfect! The Seven Samurai worked out really well because of its very simple plot which only seems like 90 minutes worthy, when you watch it you notice that there is more to notice and there is more that they need to do to be able to defend themselves.


Takashi Shimura was awesome as Kambei Shimada who is the leader of the samurais within the village. I find him to be like the leader of the whole village not only due to the situation they are in but in general. He seemed like a very powerful man who would do anything to stop the bandits terrorizing their village and stealing their food. Toshiro Mifune was amazing as Kikuchiyo. He made me laugh in this one because he is the wanna-be samurai but he is drunk quite regularly and causes a lot of problems but he does make himself useful by helping the villagers.


Akira Kurosawa was a legendary director who had a very rare talent who can make films in his own way. It is one of those extremely rare films that have very simple plots but have a long running time that actually works. Most of the time the running time of the film overlaps the simple plot of other films. This was the first Kurosawa film that I saw and I think it is his most famous film which makes me think that it could always be my favourite Kurosawa film. This film took a lot of hard work for the directing of the film and especially the screenplay.


Overall, The Seven Samurai is an ultimate classic that is probably known as the most famous foreign language film of all time and it is! I look forward to watching more Akira Kurosawa films. In my opinion, I find Kurosawa to be the best non-English/American filmmaker ever. The Seven Samurai is now one of my all-time favourite classics as well as one of my favourite films of all time.

9/10