Seven Samurai (1954)
Directed by Akira
Kurosawa this highly influential samurai film has a large cast that
includes frequent collaborator Toshiro Mifune. A farm village in
historic Japan is harassed by bandits so they hire samurai to defend
them.
Weighing in at just
over 3 hours long this is a heavy weight in more ways than one but it
largely lives up to it's reputation. The plot was the originator of
several elements that are now common place in similar films,
gathering the team and introducing the hero in an unrelated side
plot. It is hard not to compare the film to The Magnificent Seven
(1960) and maybe it does lack some of the cool that oozes from the
remake but this is still a great film even if it might be a little on
the long side, taking too long to get to the action.
5/5
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