OT - The Seven Samarai

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OT - The Seven Samarai

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I am watching "The Seven Samarai" again and if you have not seen it you should. One of the greatest films from overseas for Americans.
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Agreed. I don't watch it a lot, because it's pretty long, but it's always worth it. If I didn't have stuff to do tomorrow, I'd sit down and watch it.
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Post by don Tomás »

Excellent movie! The re-make was pretty good too...
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+1 :wink:


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I saw the second remake, the sci-fi version. (Star Wars)
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Post by engravertom »

I love the Seven Samurai!

One of my favorite movies ever.

Much more realistic than the Magnificent Seven, I thought. I liked the way the Samurai involved the village folks in their own defense.

We usually have to take a few days to watch it through.

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RAN is another good one Akira Kurasawa (SP?) does King Lear. :D
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bj94 wrote:I saw the second remake, the sci-fi version. (Star Wars)
Mmm... not really. Lucas says the idea was influenced by Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress."

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And while I've never read anything to back up the theory.. I swear he got the idea for the Ewoks from "Dersu Uzala."

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JReed wrote:RAN is another good one Akira Kurasawa (SP?) does King Lear. :D
Everything I know about Shakespeare, I learned form Akira Kurosawa. 8)

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cas wrote:
bj94 wrote:I saw the second remake, the sci-fi version. (Star Wars)
Mmm... not really. Lucas says the idea was influenced by Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress."
True. Roger Corman's "Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)" is a direct sci-fi adaptation of the Seven Samurai.

And "Fist Full of Dollars" was a remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo (1961)", based on the novel Red Harvest which George Lucas gave a nod to by giving the working title "Blue Harvest" to a film later names "Return of the Jedi".
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