Seven Samurai (1954) | Sengoku Jidai (1586)
Akira Kurosawa has stood the test of time as one of the most influential filmmakers ever, and his 1954 big-budget historical film Seven Samurai is a huge part of that legacy. A t the time, Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai was the most expensive film ever made in Japan, and you can certainly see that money on the screen as outstrips most modern films in ambition and scope.
In this 1954 samurai epic, a farming village is beset by bandits and in desperation they hire a group of seven samurai to protect them.
While much of the filmmaking and story might seem commonplace to us now, that is because…
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