The villagers ask for Kambei's help, and though initially reluctant, he agrees. A young samurai named Katsushirō asks to become Kambei's disciple. Several villagers go into town and eventually find Kambei, an aging but experienced rōnin, whom they see rescuing a young boy held hostage by a cornered thief. Since they have no money and can only offer food as payment, Gisaku advises them to find hungry samurai. The villagers overhear this and turn to Gisaku, the village elder and miller, who declares that they should hire samurai to protect them. In 1586, a bandit gang discusses raiding a mountain village, but their chief decides to wait until after the harvest. Its influence on the film industry has been unprecedented, and it is often regarded today as one of the most "remade, reworked, and referenced" films in cinema. It was also voted the greatest foreign-language film of all time in BBC's 2018 international critics' poll. Since its release, it has consistently ranked highly in critics' lists of greatest films, such as the BFI's Sight & Sound and Rotten Tomatoes polls. Seven Samurai is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films in cinema history. Many reviews compared the film to westerns. It was the second-highest-grossing domestic film in Japan in 1954. It took a year to shoot and faced many difficulties. Taking place in 1586 in the Sengoku period of Japanese history, it follows the story of a village of desperate farmers who seek to hire rōnin (masterless samurai) to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops.Īt the time, the film was the most expensive film made in Japan. Seven Samurai ( Japanese: 七人の侍, Hepburn: Shichinin no Samurai ) is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. Japan rentals: ¥268.2 million ( $2.3 million)
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