Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
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Earnest, meticulous, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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“Is this Akira Kurosawa's best work?”
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“Is Toshirō Mifune the best thing in Seven Samurai?”
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- Andres Gomezon TMDB · Oct 201310/10
Fantastic movie with a great touch of reality.
Read the whole review on TMDB - Kenneth Blaison TMDB · Nov 202210/10
At the top of my favorite films ever. Every time I watch it is see something new. Bandits steal peasants rice. Peasants hire ronin samurai to defend them. Great plot, pace and acting. Akira Kurasawa's best...perhaps.
Read the whole review on TMDB - Filipe Manuel Netoon TMDB · Nov 20226/10
**Maybe a little overrated, but there's no doubt that it's good.** Well, I have to start this text with a note that I believe is relevant to understand what I'm going to write: this was the first Japanese film that I remember seeing. I might even be forgetting something I've seen before, but I don't think so. Therefore, I'm not a good connoisseur of Japanese cinema, so I don't want my opinion to be taken with any authority that I don't crave. I know there are people who want that. I do not. I speak, as in any of my reviews, only through my mouth, from the height of my meager wisdom, without pretensions. I may be right about some things, wrong about others, but that's the most normal thing in the world. I decided to see this film because it was highly recommended and well regarded… everyone said it was a very good film, so I decided to see it for myself. I just finished it, and read a little about the film and its director, the famous Akira Kurosawa. The film is really a work that is above average, but it is not the kind of film that pleases everyone, and it seems to me to be a little overvalued, which results in damage. I say this because I felt, at various times, that the film fai
Read the whole review on TMDB - drystyxon TMDB · Apr 202310/10
I must begin by saying I am a bit "attention deficit" and that I never thought I would like subtitles, but this film flows through its long length with such adventure that I don't see how anyone can keep from being entranced with every second. And it takes a lot to hold my interest. In case you haven't heard, this "magnificent seven samurai" so to speak, are enlisted one by one to aid a village beset by 40 bandits. What is often lost is that the story is really "Four villagers". Two are village elders (although not as old as the "grandpa" character they look to for advice). One, Manzo, represents the conservative element that in our era might be called "Republican", and the other, Mosuke, represents the liberal or "Democrat" policy. The other two are Yohei, a man full of fear who thinks Manzo's policies will protect him; and Rikiki, the boldest villager who is more in tune with Mosuke. Indeed, Rikiki might qualify as the "eighth samurai" as the film progresses. There are so many wonderful subplots and so muuch excitement even when there is no action, that there's never a dull moment. The samurai also have their ups and downs. Toshiro Mifune is not the leader, but he is the soul. He
Read the whole review on TMDB - Zak_Jaggson TMDB · Dec 202410/10
Maybe the greatest movie of all-time. This film is an epic accomplishment of long-form storytelling, amazing performances, wonderful camera work and fantastic sets. As is typical of Kurosawa, this movie attacks the theme of greed and is very willing to critically examine the high-status classes, in this case the "honourable" samurai. The characters are likeable for the most and the performance from Toshiro Mifune is absolutely masterful and his character is a brilliantly comic tragic character. The action is very raw with mud and rain and chaos, which I appreciate. The pacing in the middle is ever so slightly slow but it really doesn't detract from this utterly brilliant masterpiece.
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Cast
- Toshirō MifuneKikuchiyo
- Takashi ShimuraKambei Shimada
- Yoshio InabaGorobei Katayama
- Seiji MiyaguchiKyuzo
- Minoru ChiakiHeihachi Hayashida
- Daisuke KatōShichiroji
- Isao KimuraKatsushiro Okamoto
- Keiko TsushimaShino
- Yukiko ShimazakiRikichi's Wife
- Kamatari FujiwaraManzô - Father of Shino
Crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Asakazu NakaiDirector of Photography
- Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaEditor
- Sōjirō MotokiProducer
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