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Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when their crops are harvested, the thugs will attack, so four men go to town in hopes of employing samurai to fight for them. However, the .. Read more

Starring	Keiko Tsushima, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba
Director	Akira Kurosawa
Genres	Action/Adventure, World Cinema

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- Superbly strange, vivid and violent medieval adventure which later served as the basis for the Western The Magnificent Seven and the science-fiction film Battle Beyond the Stars.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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  Preferred The Magificent Seven
  
  I might have appreciated Seven Samurai more had I seen it before The Magnificent Seven, but I found myself comparing the two and, to be honest, liked the cowboy... read more »
  
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  - Spudulike01
  - Glasgow
  - 08 Sep 2004 at 10:24
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  Monkey Magic
  
  Good show. I watched it out of curiosity, don't know much about film but it had engaging characters and a good plot.
  
  I am sure the camera set-ups... read more »
  
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  - 10 May 2012 at 18:28
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  A classic must see
  
  This was gripping stuff. I didn't expect to enjoy it so much as The Magnificent Seven was so good and potentially an improved version of this. However, the ... read more »
  
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  - 11 Apr 2012 at 13:24
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  broken captions
  
  The english captions on this movie are broken. Some are only shown for half a second. This is painfully obvious if you watch even the first 10 minutes of the ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Apr 2012 at 19:42
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  Terrible Subtitles
  
  Sorry but the subtitles are badly done and stay on the screen for less than a fraction of a second. You simply cannot read them before they vanish. Get it ... read more »
  
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  - 12 Mar 2012 at 15:12
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  Unreadable Subtitles
  
  I don't want to watch a long foreign film without readable subtitles however famous it is. It makes for a frustrating experience.
  
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- - Lasker
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  - Banstead
  - 20 Feb 2012 at 20:34
- - 5
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  Raw, Powerful, Excessive, Worth your time
  
  Truly dynamic cinema. A magnetic contrast of high drama and instinctive film making. This ain't high art or high ethics, this is just a broad story told in ... read more »
  
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  - quadrophenia17
  - 7 reviews
  - 11 Jan 2012 at 23:06
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  Must see film classic
  
  This is really an extraordinary film which has many layers of complexity. That warrior samurai are not one-dimensional heroes, but have the conflicting emotions... read more »
  
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- - Ferry41
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  - 21 Dec 2011 at 11:37
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  Seven Samaurai
  
  I did prefer the 'Magnificent Seven' which is based of this film
  
  the 3hrs 20mins did seem a little excessive.
  
  Given its age this ... read more »
  
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  - 14 Dec 2011 at 13:02
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  Flickering subtitles made it hard to watch.
  
  I'm sure its a great film but the subtitles flickered up half the time so I couldn't actually follow what was happening. Gave up.
  
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  - 07 Dec 2011 at 18:53
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  Outstanding World Class Top Rated Film
  
  Outstanding film with a well deserved reputation of being Japans best film ever, and I would put it way up in the top five in the world. At three hours + it ... read more »
  
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  Preferred The Magificent Seven
  
  I might have appreciated Seven Samurai more had I seen it before The Magnificent Seven, but I found myself comparing the two and, to be honest, liked the cowboy... read more »
  
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  - Spudulike01
  - Glasgow
  - 08 Sep 2004 at 10:24
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  The Shogun of the big screen
  
  Akira Kurosawa's magnificent film combines an insightful meditation on the strategies of war with an equally brilliant examination of what drives people in ... read more »
  
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  - 20 Sep 2003 at 16:07
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  Pure Brilliance
  
  When you hear a lot of hype about a film you try not to believe much of it, because you're usually let down. This film however lived up to ALL of it's ... read more »
  
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- - Damian
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  - 26 Feb 2004 at 13:10
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  not Seven stars...
  
  Everyone has a classic film that they have avoided seeing for some reason. I have friends who have never seen Kane or Meteropolis. For me it was Seven Samurai... read more »
  
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- - KH08
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  - 03 Mar 2006 at 09:02
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  seven samurai
  
  Absolute pants. It's black and white in japanese with english subtitles and very jumpy. Must have been made on a low budget about 200 years ago
  
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- - kv
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  - 06 Feb 2008 at 18:57
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  seven samurai
  
  didnt watch it....................................
  
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- - timmyboy
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  - norwich
  - 15 Feb 2008 at 10:07
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  A truly cinematic black & white film
  
  For those that enjoy a truly cinematic black & white film, then this is for you. The film is set against the back drop of poverty in early century Japan. A... read more »
  
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- - dvdjunkie
  - manchester
  - 14 Nov 2003 at 12:16
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  A Classic?
  
  All too often the word 'Classic' just means 'good in its day' or suggests that after watching this you'll feel you've done something ... read more »
  
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- - Robin
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  - 07 Jun 2005 at 13:44
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  Wonderful. What is wrong with these halfwits?
  
  This film is an absolute masterpiece. And I just cannot understand why people choose a subtitled film in a foreign language (and I've seen numerous examples... read more »
  
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  - Barnet
  - 07 Sep 2008 at 01:45
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  old and rubbish
  
  predictable plot, in sbub titles balk and white and just and! shall is ay more AVOID
  
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  - ENIGISH
  - 30 Jan 2007 at 14:22

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  Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when their crops are harvested, the thugs will attack, so four men go to town in hopes of employing samurai to ...