Subject: [Japanese] 7 Samurai (1954) Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:56 pm
7 Samurai, by Akira Kurosawa
you can not have a movie forum without this movie:
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The single largest undertaking by a Japanese filmmaker at the time, Seven Samurai was a technical and creative watershed that became Japan's highest-grossing movie and set a new standard for the industry. Its influence can be most strongly felt in the western The Magnificent Seven, a film specifically adapted from Seven Samurai. Director John Sturges took Seven Samurai and adapted it to the Old West, with the Samurai replaced by gunslingers. Many of The Magnificent Seven's scenes mirror those of Seven Samurai and the final line of dialogue is nearly identical: "The old man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost. We always lose." The film spawned several sequels and there was also a short-lived 1998 television series.
The Indian film Sholay (1975) borrowed its basic premise from Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. The film was declared BBC India's "Film of the Millennium" and is the highest-grossing Indian film of all time.
A sci-fi reworking is found in the Roger Corman release Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) which not only pays homage to the plot of Seven Samurai, it also employs one of the actors from the American remake The Magnificent Seven, Robert Vaughn.
George Lucas states in the DVD commentary for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, that Yoda's running his hand over his head (like Kambei) is a nod to Kurosawa and this movie. Also the line about the farmers' lot in life is to suffer is quoted in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope but as droids.
Sam Peckinpah’s use of slow motion violence in his films, most famously The Wild Bunch, which influenced manifold other directors, was, in fact, influenced by Kurosawa’s use of such in this film.
In 2004, Kurosawa's estate approved the production of an anime remake of the film, called Samurai 7, produced by GONZO, which provided an alternate steampunk-themed retelling of the classic story.
A sixth season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine entitled "The Magnificent Ferengi" also spoofs the film. Even the 1986 comedy ¡Three Amigos! borrows several themes from Kurosawa.
The game Throne of Darkness gives the player control of seven samurai (four at a time) who all closely resemble Kurosawa's characters in role, style of combat and appearance.
The Disney/Pixar 1998 film A Bug's Life is loosely based Akira's movie.
Subject: Re: [Japanese] 7 Samurai (1954) Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:59 pm
(and most of his other works)
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Subject: Re: [Japanese] 7 Samurai (1954) Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:53 pm
seven samurai was a great great one from kurosawa! amazing movie,thou rashomon is akira's best IMO. nice post Killa i myself wuda put this up in sometime.
seven samurai was a great great one from kurosawa! amazing movie,thou rashomon is akira's best IMO. nice post Killa i myself wuda put this up in sometime.
The Rashomon effect is the effect of the subjectivity of perception on recollection, by which observers of an event are able to produce substantially different but equally plausible accounts of it. A useful demonstration of this principle in scientific understanding can be found in the article "The Rashomon Effect: When Ethnographers Disagree," by Karl G. Heider (American Anthropologist, March 1988, Vol. 90 No. 1, pp. 73-81).
It is named for Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon, in which a crime witnessed by four individuals is described in four mutually contradictory ways. The film is based on two short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, "Rashōmon" (for the setting) and "Yabu no naka", otherwise known as "In a Grove" (for the story line).
Wow Kurosawa should have been unbelievably intellectual and brilliant to make a film outta this at his period!!! Nice link Killa.
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