When Kurosawa died, many obituaries called him the God of Cinema, and it was hardly an exaggeration. Anyone who watches THE SEVEN SAMURAI would understand why. Fans of Peckinpah, Lucas, Spielberg, Millius, Cameron and almost any respected modernday...read the complete Seven Samurai, The (1954) review at IMDB.com
Winner of the Lion of St. Mark award at the recent Venice Film Festival, this lengthy Japanese-language feature produced by Sojiro Motoki for Toho was seen by stage producer Joshua Logan, who brought it to Columbia's attention. As an action spectacle,...read the complete Seven Samurai, The (1954) review at Boxoffice Magazine
by Fragner on July 14, 2009 Coopersburg, Pennsylvania
Widely regarded as not only Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece but one of the greatest masterpieces ever committed to film, Seven Samurai is nothing less than perfect. Even if you strip away the artful cinematography, the philosophical musings on the ...