The movie is set in 1586. We learn during the scroll scene that the real Kikuchiyo was born in year two of the Tensho era (1574) and is now 13 years old. Japanese convention considered a child to be one year old when he was born and advanced his age one year each new year.
A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. User Comments: Kurosawa is the greatest director that ever lived
Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece... The Japanese equivalent to Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.. I say it's just as good, if not even better. Not only Kurosawa's most well known film, but the most widely recognized Japanese film ever made. This movie will forever be known as a milestone in motion picture history.
The story revolves around a village that has become a group of bandits' common looting and pillaging ground. The villagers cannot take this any longer and go to town to hire warriors to defend the village from the bandits. A wandering ronin, Kambei (Takashi Shimura) agrees to help them and with his help, they recruit six others that agree to take the job. The seven samurai teach the villagers how to stand up to the bandits and defend themselves. Finally, when the time comes, they engage in a fierce battle with the attacking bandits.
About once in every 20 years or so we are gifted with a film that has the meaning, power, richness, and technique that The Seven Samurai has. I cannot urge anyone enough to see this film, the images are true cinematic poetry rich with so much emotion that I cannot even describe them in words. If you have never seen any of Kurosawa's works, then please see Seven Samurai... you will witness the true beauty, excellence and magic that the art form known as film is capable of.
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Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Produced by Sojiro Motoki
Written by Akira Kurosawa
Shinobu Hashimoto
Hideo Oguni
Starring Takashi Shimura
Toshirō Mifune
Music by Fumio Hayasaka
Cinematography Asakazu Nakai
Editing by Akira Kurosawa
Distributed by Toho (Japan)
Columbia Pictures (US)
Release date(s) April 26, 1954 (Japan)
November 19, 1956 (US)
Running time See below
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Video attributes:
Video compression mode: MPEG-2 (DxVA on)
TV system: 525/60 (NTSC)
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Display mode: Both Pan&scan and Letterbox
Source picture resolution: 720x480 (525/60)
Frame rate: 30.00
Source picture letterboxed: Not letterboxed
Bitrate: 5.29Mbps
Audio attributes:
Audio coding mode: Dolby Digital
Sampling rate: 48kHz
Audio application mode: Not Specified
Number of audio channels:1.0
Bitrate: 192 Kbps
Number of audio streams: 1
Subpicture attribute:
Number of subtitles: 1 (English)
A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.
Un Film deosebit ! Respectele mele ! Sanatate Maxima la toti membrii acestui Forum !
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