Three Reasons: Seven Samurai

By dr.hypercube
June 02, 2011
12:31 PM

All the above plus 4) The matchlock sniffing.
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By millet
June 02, 2011
01:12 PM

this film's worthy of at least 10 reasons. if only "action" films of today could live up to this standard... (instead, we get morons who can only dream of remaking this one)
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- By Theo
  April 20, 2013
  11:56 AM
  
  And the remakes of Seven Samurai aren't nearly as bad as some of the other action "films" out there.

By Craig J. Clark
June 02, 2011
01:42 PM

1) The long shot when the samurai arrive on the hill overlooking the village and watch as everybody below scatters. (This makes more of an impression on the big screen, of course.) 2) The heartbreaking scene where Mifune rescues the screaming baby from the burning mill and recognizes himself. Never fails to bring tears to my eyes. 3) The surviving samurai watching as life in the village returns to normal after their work is over.
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By David Hollingsworth
June 02, 2011
04:12 PM

1) The sheer black-and-white realism. 2) Kurosawa's swift, poetic, groundbreaking direction. 3) Non-arguably the greatest action film ever made; a standard that still has yet to matched Cheat: 4) The great Toshiro Mifune.
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By thevoid99
June 02, 2011
05:00 PM

1. It's Kurosawa's best film (that I've seen so far) 2. It inspires a genre of group-based action films 3. The film's score
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By Michael Matthews
June 03, 2011
12:46 AM

1. Mifune 2. Shimura 3. Mud and blood
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By LJ
June 10, 2011
04:51 PM

1. Takashi Shimura 2. The recruiting scenes 3. Kurosawa's storytelling
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By dasboot4211
November 08, 2011
02:45 PM

You only need one reason, Kurosawa. That's it.
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By Marc
January 07, 2013
09:46 PM

What an incredible film in very fine form!Fantastic cinematography.The actors are first class all the way.They sure don't make them like this anymore........
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