Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers... more
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Seven Samurai [1954]
Unanimously hailed as one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of the motion
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picture,Seven Samuraihas inspired countless films modelled after its basic premise. But Akira Kurosawa's classic 1954 action drama has never been surpassed in terms of ...
Seven Samurai [1954]
Unanimously hailed as one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of the motion
... more
picture, Seven Samurai has inspired countless films modelled after its basic premise. But Akira Kurosawa's classic 1954 action drama has never been surpassed in terms o...
Production Year: 2003 - Action/Adventure - Director: Quentin Tarantino - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Daryl Hannah, Julie Dreyfus, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox
Production Year: 2000 - Action/Adventure - Director: Joseph McGinty - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry, Sam Rockwell, Crispin Glover
Advantages: One of the great movies of all time Disadvantages: May not be everyones cup of tea
Overview: Based in medival japan, a small farming community learn of a group of bandits planning to raid their village as soon as their crops are ready. The villagers seek guidance from their elder, who remembers a village that had not been raided when he was younger due to them hiring samurai to protect their village. So the villagers seek samurai in order to protect their village against the bandits. Only having rice to pay the samurai, they must ... ...fight bandits for food. After finding a wise old samurai who early saved a child from a thief, he accepts to help the villagers in their search. With his help they find the needed samurai and return to the village.
The 7 samurai fight to save the village from the bandits. Cast: Toshiro Mifune Takashi Shimura
Yoshio Inaba Seiji Miyaguchi Minoru Chiaki
Daisuke Kato
Isao Kimura Kamatari Fujiwara
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Advantages: A cinema classic with adventure and drama Disadvantages: Long, black and white, subtitled, with many fight scenes
...film you will probably love Seven Samurai.
The film takes the viewer into 17th century Japan where a poor village asks a Ronin samurai for help in defence of bandit raids. The old warrior sets out to recruit 6 more samurai for his team. Their reward? Nothing but 3 miserable meals a day and the chance for a good fight. And these guys are good: 7 different characters. The film is engaging from the start. It was my introduction into Japanese codes ... ...the original film stock.
Seven Samurai is an adventure film that feels like a western. It's 3 and a half hours long, but, once you get into it, the time flies by. Buy it, rent it, whatever you do - give this film a try.
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Advantages: Cracking fight scenes, good acting, generous budget Disadvantages: plot not involving enough.
...I think I am about to be castigated for my opinions on this film, but I came away disappointed in what I saw on the screen. Now as a bona fide movie buff, I went to see this film with open expectations. It wasn't the fight scenes that I was seeing this film for, it was the fact that most "eastern" films have great and gripping plotlines - and that is the reason I came away feeling empty.
Sure, the fight scenes were great, no problems with them, however, the actual plot itself dragged, and didn't live up to they hype which has been bestowed on the film in general. So much so, that when I left the cinema I actually went home and stuck "SevenSamurai" in the DVD player to "cleanse" myself with a decent plot.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that it is a bad film, it really is quite good, but look beyond the fighting and the wire...
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Advantages: The actors, the music, the scenery, the direction Disadvantages: A remake of the Seven Samurai
...The Magnificent Seven
Why am I writing a review on the Magnificent Seven? The answer is I don’t really know. I watched the Last Samurai last night and it made me think of the SevenSamurai, which made me think of the Magnificent Seven. Also, I watched the 100 best actors screened on channel four recently that featured most of the actors from the film. Also when I looked there had been no reviews written on the film, which surprised me. So . . . . .
Dedications
To Yul Brynner who died 10th October 1985, Steve McQueen who died on 7th November, 1980, Charles Bronson who died 1st September 2003 and James Coburn who died 18th November 2002.
Introduction
The film was originally released in 1960 as a Western style remake of Akira Kurosawa's SevenSamurai (1954). The DVD of the film released on 8th May 2001 certificate PG. The DVD retails...
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Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when their crops are harvested, the thugs will attack, so four men go to town in hopes of employing samurai to fight for them. However, the poor villagers can merely offer payment in the form of shelter and a daily bowl of rice, and initially only Kambei (Takashi Shimura), a brave elder samurai, and his eager young apprentice, Katsushiro (Isao Kimura), take up their cause. Encountering various nomadic warriors on the streets, they slowly put together his team of swordsmen, recruiting Shichiroji (Daisuke Kato), Gorobei (Yoshio Inaba), Heihachi (Minoru Chiaki), and Kyuzo (Seiji Miyaguchi). Finally, Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune), a scruffy wanderer who has been trailing them, completes the small band of ronin. However, upon reaching the village, the samurai learn that the farmers fear them as much the enemy. Despite the tensions, Kambei and his men slowly train the peasants to defend their village. Eventually the warriors launch a preemptive strike against the bandits, and begin a series of intense conflicts that culminates in a rain-soaked final battle--without a doubt, one of the most stunning sequences in cinema history. Widely considered to be the greatest Japanese film ever made, Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI is also credited with pioneering the modern action movie. This notion is especially evident in thrilling scenes such as Kambei's rescue of a kidnapped child, Kyuzo's duel, and Kikuchiyo's intensive theft of an enemy gun. Although the film clocks in at more than three hours, the story remains consistently engaging and slowly heightens the tension while providing action, drama, comic relief, and character development. Gleefully running amuck, Mifune gives one of his most renowned performances, imbuing the often comical Kikuchiyo with a surprising streak of melancholy and introspection. However, it is Shimura that anchors the entire film as the thoughtful and courageous Kambei, who stoically takes on the leadership of an almost impossible task. A monumental achievement in filmmaking, Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI is cinematic perfection in nearly every aspect, giving the production its much-deserved status as one of the best films ever created.
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