Presented By: Center for Japanese Studies
Seven Samurai
CJS Fall 2010 Film Series ~ "Re-Viewing Kurosawa"
1954 / 207 min. / 35mm / In Japanese with English subtitles
A desperate village hires seven masterless samurai to protect itself from marauders in Kurosawa's epic masterpiece. Hollywood remade this movie as The Magnificent Seven, but gunslinging can't match the original's relentless final battle in the rain.
A desperate village hires seven masterless samurai to protect itself from marauders in Kurosawa's epic masterpiece. Hollywood remade this movie as The Magnificent Seven, but gunslinging can't match the original's relentless final battle in the rain.