Seven Samurai
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Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. Starring Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsu
Samurai and villagers attack bandits.
(L-R) Yoshio Inaba, Toshirō Mifune, Daisuke Katō, Minoru Chiaki (back), Isao Kimura (front), Takashi Shimura, Seiji Miyaguchi
Kurosawa directing the actors on-set
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The Magnificent Seven
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The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American action Western film directed by John Sturges. The screenplay, credited to William Roberts, is a remake – in an Old West-style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japane
Seven Samurai
…been influential among Western filmmakers, with its story and approach to action remade and reiterated numerous times, most notably in the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven. Seven Samurai also influenced other media, including anime and video games. Scholarly analysis of the film has looked at it through a humanistic and…
Theatrical release poster
Cast publicity photo of "The Seven". Left to right: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, and James Coburn