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Apr 15, 2014 · Seven Samurai (1954) By Jasper Sharp. Features. When Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai premiered in Japan on 26 April 1954, it was the most expensive domestic production ever, costing 125 million Yen (approximately $350,000), almost five times the then 26 million Yen ($63,000) average for a typical Japanese studio picture.
Oct 19, 2010 · At the end of the strife-torn sixteenth century, soon after the period of Seven Samurai, the Tokugawa clan gained power and reestablished shogunate rule over the whole of Japan—a rule that endured for the next two hundred and fifty years. Foreigners were expelled; Japan became a closed country, cut off from the outside world.
Jan 1, 2001 · Akira Kurosawa. Rashomon (1950), The Seven Samurai (1954), and Ran (1985), set in feudal Japan of director Akira Kurosawa, greatly influenced American and European filmmaking. This producer, screenwriter, and editor, regarded of the most important and influential in the history of cinema, directed thirty in a career, spanning 57 years.
10/10. Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai': A Timeless Masterpiece of Cinema. kaaffilm 25 March 2023. Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" is a true masterpiece of cinema that has stood the test of time. Released in 1954, the film tells the story of a group of samurai hired to defend a small village from bandits.
Kambei is the leader of the seven samurai. He is a ronin, or a samurai without a master. We are introduced to him as he cuts off his hair to pose as a priest in order to save a child from a thief. Kambei is gentle, serious, and reserved, but has a good sense of humor. He has a tactical mind and is very experienced in warfare, and leads the ...
Parents need to know that Seven Samurai features a group of samurai who help a farming village defend itself against a gang of bandits. There are multiple skirmishes, and the villagers, samurai, and bandits suffer casualties. The violence is not particularly bloody but it's accentuated through fluid camera movements and slow motion cinematography.
Director, Screenplay. Hideo Oguni. Screenplay. Shinobu Hashimoto. Screenplay. 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.
