Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Kato
Why so great?
The perfect fusion of action and character, East and West, blockbuster and arthouse, Kurosawa's first entry into the samurai genre is one of the great masterpieces in any language. Kurosawa creates distinct memorable characters out of seven, luckless samurai hired to defend a poor farming village from marauding bandits, showcasing his heroes as rounded but dignified outcasts - Shimura's noble leader and Mifune's crazed hothead are the standouts. All human life is here as are debatably cinema's greatest battle scenes, the climactic showdown in the rain the stuff of cinematic legend.
Hollywood remake?
Famously remade as The Magnificent Seven which was remade as Battle Beyond The Stars. It is also a key inspiration for A Bug's Life as well as any men-on-a-mission movie since. A contemporary remake has been in development for ages.
Famously remade as The Magnificent Seven which was remade as Battle Beyond The Stars. It is also a key inspiration for A Bug's Life as well as any men-on-a-mission movie since. A contemporary remake has been in development for ages.
Prizes
It won the Silver Lion at Venice and was nominated for two Oscars (Art Direction, Costume Design) and three Baftas (Best Film, Best Foreign Actor for Shimura and Mifune).
It won the Silver Lion at Venice and was nominated for two Oscars (Art Direction, Costume Design) and three Baftas (Best Film, Best Foreign Actor for Shimura and Mifune).
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