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• The Seven Samurai

  • dahoit
  • 1/18/11

  The greatest adventure action movie ever made.Bar none.A super realistic look at feudal Japan with bad guys and good guys clearly demarcated unlike our modern world.

• Best movie ever

  • lairdwilcox
  • 3/7/10

  I first saw Seven Samurai at the University of Kansas in the 1960's. The imagery stuck with me and when I saw it again in 2003 I lived it all over again. It's a movie of bravery, comraderie, loyalty and male bonding in battle. It's not hard to see why so many viewers consider it the best movie ever made. I began assembling a collection of Japanese movies containing the character actors of the 1950s and 1960s, many of whom Kurosawa used over and over. That was a very rich period in Japanese cinema and it was a terrible shame to see it fade away. Only a handful of Japanese movies have equaled that period since then. There's been sporadic talk of a remake of Seven Samurai but I hope no one attempts it. It's fine as it is and a remake would be a huge disservice to Kurosawa's memory.

• A grand film that deserves a modern remake

  • Matthew
  • 6/15/09

  This is one of the great stories from the large history of the samurai. But it has only recieved moderate applause. While the last stand of the samurai (fittingly show in "The Last Samurai") and Shinsengumi (samurai fighting for the emperor during Japan's revolution) have had there stories told countless times and through countless avenues. If Hollywood needs a new blockbuster, look no further than a grand remake of an equally grand story. *excuss any spelling errors*

• The Single Greatest Film of All Time

  • Terry
  • 6/8/09

  The Seven Samurai is, in my humble opinion, the greatest film ever made. The movie is very complex, with many layers. And every single character is fully developed and four dimensional. Technically, it is fantastic, with great black and white photography and the best directing ever done by Kurosawa (no mean feat). And while the movie is 207 minutes long, it hardly seems like it. Its pace is such and it grabs one's attention so that he or she forgets the passage of time.

• One of the Greatest Films Ever Made

  • Rick
  • 3/23/09

  To find another movie with this much depth is not an easy task

• Rose McGowan's post film comments were stupid

  • NeuroMitch
  • 6/22/08

  What a fascinating movie. No wonder it has been imitated and copied many times. How moronically stupid were Rose McGowan's comments after the movie. What an airhead! She went on and on about how long the movie was. Honey, go read War and Peace....is that too long for your pinhead attention span. Talk about something important. TCM needs to ditch this bimbo. Surely there are some intelligent movie starlets out there with artistic and historical sensibilities. This movie is a diamond. Rose is pure zirconium!

• PEOPLE TO FIGHT FOR YOU, NOT AGAINST YOU!

  • STEVE M.
  • 4/8/07

  OUTSTANDING!!!

• Kurosawa's best Samurai film

  • Brad Paige
  • 3/22/06

  Seven Samurai is the best single example of the samurai warrior code (Bushido) in action. The film is both touching and exciting with a good dose of humor from Mifune's character thrown in for good measure. Although it has been copied many times and today may seem almost cliched, its charm and passion give the film unparalleled appeal.

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