Since there are over 300 reviews of this magnificent film already posted, I would like to discuss some aspects of this film that are rarely discussed.
The first of these two themes is the various roles and attributes of the heroic male. The second of the two themes is the depiction of classism and a stratified society.
However, before I comment on these two themes I must praise Kurosawa, the Director, for the incredible battle scenes. The level of realism, chaos, and accident is very high, giving the viewer a superb look into battle. As the layout of the village is drawn and repeatedly shown to the viewer in Kambei's maps, we fully understand the battleground and the rationale for defending specific sites and barrocading others. We understand Kambei's master strategy and its execution. We understand when it goes wrong or astray and we watch Kambei immediate correct the situation if possible. We see beserk men hacking at each other rather than an over stylized ballet posing as a battle scene. These battle scenes are masterful and rare. That being said, I would like to discuss the two themes I outlined above.
First, we see three distinct ways or paths of the hero in this film. We see the character Kyuzo, the master swordsman, a completely skilled killing machine, swift as a scorpion and calm as a cool breeze. He is a craftsman, sure of his talent and skill. He is also serene, having obviously attained a detachment from emotion and day-to-day worries. He takes his skill seriously, as seen in his first scene where a dueling partner progresses from sticks to swords and Kyuzo kills him within seconds. A second revealing scene is the great sequence where wildman Kikuchoiyo and steel-nerved Kyuzo become a team to track and kill the three bandit scouts. The third scene is wisely left to our immagination. Kyuzo learns that three of the bandits hidden in the forrest around the village has a rifle. Kyuzo leaves the compound alone in the fog of night and many hours later returns with a rifle in hand. He hands the rifle to Kambei and goes calmly to sleep. We see that Kyuzo, though a self contained killing machine, can work in partnership with a wildly unpredictable partner as well as follow instructions from the wise leader, Kambei. Kyuzo is seen in all cultures and in all times. He is the totally proficient warrior. He is the warrior that all younger warriors wish to emulate. But he is incomplete because he lacks one virtue, purpose beyond himself. Yet he is wise enough to be persuaded by Kambei and to follow Kambei's wise direction. It is purposefully ironic that Kyuzo is shot in the back by one of the three rifles in the film, since no one can beat him face to face with sword technology.
The character of Kikuchoiyo, the wild man who wishes to become a Samurai, the man who can not contain his energy or emotion, the force of nature, is an incredible character. He is the exact opposite of Kyuzo, the serene killing machine. He has little control of his emotions, is spontaneous and rage driven. Yet his character undergoes the most transformation in the film. He goes from being a lying drunken bully imposter to a force of great good, primarily through the strategic hands off mentoring of Kambei. We learn that he is not from a Samurai family but is the orphan of farmers killed by bandits. Kikuchoiyo first gives us a hint as to his background when he informs the samurai that farmers always have hidden resources on which to call, this secrecy being necessary for thier survival. However when the bandits attack the old miller and his family in the grist mill, Kikuchoiyo comes to the rescue and saves a baby boy from the dying arms of its mother. Kikuchoiyo breaks down in mid-action, holding the child in a stream with warfare surrounding him, and wails that this exact thing happened to him as a child. In the Jungian sense, Kikuchoiyo reclaimed his orphan child self at this point, he saves a real child but he also saves an inner psychic child within himself and thus this allows him to be a true Samurai rather than an imposter Samurai. He is a fighting force, full of emotion and power. He taps into the natural, biological forces of injustice in the final battle scenes. Ironically, this is what brings about his end, for those who fight with pure emotion exceed their bounds. When the rifleman bandit kills Kyuzo from behind a wooden screen, Kikuchoiyo is overtaken with rage and attacks the screen trying to pull it apart to reach the bandit. He takes a bullet in the belly but goes on fighting until he collapses.
This brings us to the final penacle of heroism, Kambei, the mastermind Samurai leader with a vast range of intellectual, interpersonal, and warrior skills. Kambei has a range of leadership skills including; ability to make realistic assessments so as not to support unrealistic optimism, ability to use small resources to bring down much larger forces, ability to fight on the edges, the fringes, to deplete the resources and power of his enemy, ability to mentor other men by drawing out their unique talent and using that talent for the greater good, ability to judge the greater good from immediate gains, ability to change course in the middle of battle when the facts reveal that a new strategy is needed, abiltiy to recover quickly from loss and mve forward, and an ability to use humor and a personal relationship to move men toward action. Finally, he has incredible humility which allows him to make realistic assessments of conditions and resources and dynamics. Humility is an underestimated asset. Humility is essential to the leader because egotism and grandiosity cloud a man's vision. Humility keeps vision clear - an essential for survival and leadership.
Now we come to the second theme of the film, which is understanding the actions of all the characters witin a context of classism and a stratified society. The meek, clownlike, foolish farmers gradually are seen as far from timid fools. They survive amidst overwhelming odds. They hire ronin, which were the masterless unemployeed samurai soldiers that roamed Japan in the 16th century. In the end, four of the seven samurai are burried with distinction in the village cemetary, but as Kambei points out, it is the farmers that won the battle, they overcame a threat to their existence, the samurai being a tool by which they overcame the threat. When the village women kill a single bandit in a chicken house using garden hoes, we see evidence of the willingness of these farmers to fight for survival. However, the farmers, like the samurai, owe much to the realistic strategic leadership of Kambei.
Within this epic masterpiece are two subplots of great interest. First, young farmer Rikichi always seems to be hiding something and as the story progresses we learn that his young wife was stolen by the bandits and is now their sex slave. Rikichi volunteers to attack their camp and we learn it is to find his wife. However, as he peeps into the bandit lair, he sees her despondent and in deep grief. When she sees flames at both ends of the shack, her first instict is to scream, but her second is to remain silent in hopes that she and the bandits will all burn to death. She eventually runs from the shack but when she sees Rikichi, her overwhelming shame forces her to run back into the burning building where she is lost. The second subplot was the seduction of the young warrior Katshushiro by Shino, the daughter of Farmer Manzo. I have never seen such masterful body language as is demonstrated by Shino as she seduces the young man while maintaining the pretend role of the persued.
This is a fantastic work of art that almost defies description due to its depth and mastery of storytelling. It is a film where many forces of art converge to produce a rare masterpiece.
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Hailed as the greatest film in the history of Japanese cinema, Seven Samurai is director Akira Kurosawa's undisputed masterpiece. Arguably the greatest of all jidai-gecki (or historical swordplay films), Kurosawa's classic 1954 action drama
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This is a fantastic film! The story telling is so well done that English speakers don't have to just sit and read the subtitles. The character development and plot are easy to follow. I would recommend watching the film twice. The second time you can enjoy the film without reliance upon the subtitles. I did the same thing with "Das Böot (though having a passing knowledge of German helped.) This film (7 Samurai) is so good I find no problem in watching it repeatedly. I have been to the well a number of times and no longer need the subtitles.
One suggestion for any who might be concerned about following the plot/action in a Japanese film, try watching the American western, "The Magnificent Seven." (I will say the 1960 version as I have never watched the 2016 copy.) The "The Magnificent Seven" is a direct knock off of the Japanese movie that had the sense not to mess around with the plot line or character development very much. I had seen Mag-7 before watching this the first time and while then ignorant of the connection I soon realized it and was able to just go with it.
I am not familiar with Japanese actors but their performances in the 7 Samurai was second to none. The portrayal of one of the characters struck me as being a little "over the top" but that might just be a cultural thing.
I highly recommend watching this great film.
One suggestion for any who might be concerned about following the plot/action in a Japanese film, try watching the American western, "The Magnificent Seven." (I will say the 1960 version as I have never watched the 2016 copy.) The "The Magnificent Seven" is a direct knock off of the Japanese movie that had the sense not to mess around with the plot line or character development very much. I had seen Mag-7 before watching this the first time and while then ignorant of the connection I soon realized it and was able to just go with it.
I am not familiar with Japanese actors but their performances in the 7 Samurai was second to none. The portrayal of one of the characters struck me as being a little "over the top" but that might just be a cultural thing.
I highly recommend watching this great film.
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2003
A film like Seven Samurai is what makes you buy a dvd player, or begin to appreciate foreign film. Kurosawa is an auteur, a director whose vision so saturates the film that it becomes indistinguishable from that vision; no one else could have made the film.
But if you imagine a Kurosawa film made by Hitchcock or Bergman, it will also enable you to see what makes Kurosawa so special. In this timeless tale of struggles between the weak and the powerful, Kurosawa gives us a situation utterly dynamic. Everything is in motion. The wind is blowing. The rain is not just falling but drenching everything. And Toshiro Mifune is hypermanic.
Intense realism in a true jidai-geki, or historical film, was the goal of Kurosawa when he set out to make Seven Samurai, a film in which desperate villagers enlist the services of ronin, or masterless samurai, to protect them from a group of returning bandits. Throughout the film, from beginning to end, you feel this story could really have happened, and yet at the remove of history, you can see that these people and these struggles are similar to our own.
Kurosawa is a consummate artist -- his eye for beautifully framed and dynamic shots is breathtaking, and it's awesome to be able to rewatch scenes using a dvd player, or easily skip ahead to a particular scene, or view the spectacular action sequences in slow motion or at a drop-gorgeous standstill. Kurosawa seems to effortlessly incorporate compelling narrative with universal themes -- while making a stunning visual masterpiece. And there is humor too. Kurosawa also wanted to make entertaining films, and he succeeded.
Hitchcock said that fiilming in black-and-white had achieved such a level of artistry that it was a shame color became a possibility (and indeed he chose to film Psycho in b&w even though color had become commonplace at the time); you won't find a better composed or lit black-and-white film than Seven Samurai.
All of the actors are terrific, but Toshiro Mifune is transcendant as the buffoon with a story that is revealed layer by layer throughout the film. He is the embodiment of comedy and tragedy, and Mifune's talents are on display and such a joy to watch.
The film is nearly three-and-a-half hours long, but at the end of it you will be sorry it's over. Watch it again while listening to the excellent 1988 commentary track by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck, who does a masterful voiceover, discussing the film's production, Kurosawa's technique and biography, film history and theory, Mifune's style, actors careers and lives, musical themes, and a host of other interesting details. You'll learn that Kambei, the inspirational samurai leader, is played by Takashi Shimura, who also played the head scientist in Godzilla; that when the studio shut down production -- twice -- because it was running over budget, Kurosawa went fishing, confident that the studio was in too deep to cancel the project; that Kurosawa was the first director to show a film in which a team is assembled for a mission, or that shows an attacking horde as it rises on the horizon. It will make you want to watch the film a third time. But what a tragedy not to have a director's commentary track!
Seven Samurai will change the way you think about film, and this Criterion Collection print is crisp and clean and sounds beautiful. There is also a trailer and a handy index to the commentary. The enclosed pamphlet includes a short but interesting undated essay by film critic Davd Ehrenstein. If you are at all interested in expanding your appreciation of film, you must see this brilliant tale of life and virtue as told by a genius at visual storytelling. If you want to learn more about non-Western film, this should be one of the first seven that you see. And if you already have seen the film but love it dearly, you should get this print; it's very clean and the commentary track will add to your enjoyment.
But if you imagine a Kurosawa film made by Hitchcock or Bergman, it will also enable you to see what makes Kurosawa so special. In this timeless tale of struggles between the weak and the powerful, Kurosawa gives us a situation utterly dynamic. Everything is in motion. The wind is blowing. The rain is not just falling but drenching everything. And Toshiro Mifune is hypermanic.
Intense realism in a true jidai-geki, or historical film, was the goal of Kurosawa when he set out to make Seven Samurai, a film in which desperate villagers enlist the services of ronin, or masterless samurai, to protect them from a group of returning bandits. Throughout the film, from beginning to end, you feel this story could really have happened, and yet at the remove of history, you can see that these people and these struggles are similar to our own.
Kurosawa is a consummate artist -- his eye for beautifully framed and dynamic shots is breathtaking, and it's awesome to be able to rewatch scenes using a dvd player, or easily skip ahead to a particular scene, or view the spectacular action sequences in slow motion or at a drop-gorgeous standstill. Kurosawa seems to effortlessly incorporate compelling narrative with universal themes -- while making a stunning visual masterpiece. And there is humor too. Kurosawa also wanted to make entertaining films, and he succeeded.
Hitchcock said that fiilming in black-and-white had achieved such a level of artistry that it was a shame color became a possibility (and indeed he chose to film Psycho in b&w even though color had become commonplace at the time); you won't find a better composed or lit black-and-white film than Seven Samurai.
All of the actors are terrific, but Toshiro Mifune is transcendant as the buffoon with a story that is revealed layer by layer throughout the film. He is the embodiment of comedy and tragedy, and Mifune's talents are on display and such a joy to watch.
The film is nearly three-and-a-half hours long, but at the end of it you will be sorry it's over. Watch it again while listening to the excellent 1988 commentary track by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck, who does a masterful voiceover, discussing the film's production, Kurosawa's technique and biography, film history and theory, Mifune's style, actors careers and lives, musical themes, and a host of other interesting details. You'll learn that Kambei, the inspirational samurai leader, is played by Takashi Shimura, who also played the head scientist in Godzilla; that when the studio shut down production -- twice -- because it was running over budget, Kurosawa went fishing, confident that the studio was in too deep to cancel the project; that Kurosawa was the first director to show a film in which a team is assembled for a mission, or that shows an attacking horde as it rises on the horizon. It will make you want to watch the film a third time. But what a tragedy not to have a director's commentary track!
Seven Samurai will change the way you think about film, and this Criterion Collection print is crisp and clean and sounds beautiful. There is also a trailer and a handy index to the commentary. The enclosed pamphlet includes a short but interesting undated essay by film critic Davd Ehrenstein. If you are at all interested in expanding your appreciation of film, you must see this brilliant tale of life and virtue as told by a genius at visual storytelling. If you want to learn more about non-Western film, this should be one of the first seven that you see. And if you already have seen the film but love it dearly, you should get this print; it's very clean and the commentary track will add to your enjoyment.
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William
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best film ever made
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2024
Show the reality of war not the glory shows that if you push a man to much he will fight you threaten his family he will die to protect and that to fight for innocent is noble
Giovanni Cossu
5.0 out of 5 stars
Die sieben Samurai" von Akira Kurosawa in beiden Versionen beschrieben
Reviewed in Germany on January 19, 2024
Langfassung (japanisch mit deutschen Untertiteln):
Die Langfassung des Films "Die sieben Samurai" von Akira Kurosawa ist ein wahres Meisterwerk. Kurosawa's Vision und sein Talent als Regisseur werden in dieser Version in ihrer ganzen Pracht präsentiert. Die atemberaubende Landschaft Japans wird durch die meisterhafte Kameraarbeit in Verbindung mit den deutschen Untertiteln für die Zuseher zum Leben erweckt.
Die Geschichte, die sich in diesem mittlerweile siebzig Jahre alten zeitlosen epischen Film entfaltet, ist nach wie vor mitreißend und fesselnd. Sieben tapfere Samurai kommen zusammen, um ein Dorf vor einer Bande von Plünderern zu schützen. Die Charakterentwicklung der Samurai und der Dorfbewohner ist tiefgründig und ergreifend. Man fühlt mit ihnen mit, hofft, bangt und jubelt mit ihnen.
Die schauspielerischen Leistungen sind außergewöhnlich. Die Darsteller verkörpern ihre Rollen mit einer Intensität und Authentizität, die den Zuschauer in die Handlung hineinzieht. Die tiefsinnigen Dialoge, die durch die deutschen Untertitel verständlich gemacht werden, verleihen jeder Szene eine zusätzliche emotionale Dimension.
Die Filmmusik von Fumio Hayasaka ist ein weiterer Höhepunkt. Sie unterstreicht die dramatischen Momente des Films und verleiht den Actionszenen einen zusätzlichen Schwung. Die Kombination aus der visuellen Pracht, den melodischen Klängen und den deutschen Untertiteln macht die Langfassung zu einem wahrhaftigen Erlebnis für die Sinne.
Kürzere Version (deutsche Synchronisierung):
Auch in der kürzeren Version des Films "Die sieben Samurai" mit deutscher Synchronisierung bleibt die Essenz des Films erhalten. Die großartige Story, die tiefgründigen Charaktere und die mitreißende Handlung werden weiterhin auf mitreißende Weise präsentiert.
Die deutsche Synchronisation ist hervorragend umgesetzt. Die Synchronsprecher verleihen den Charakteren ihre Stimme und schaffen es, die emotionale Bandbreite der Originaldarsteller einzufangen. Dadurch wird der Film auch für diejenigen, die keine Untertitel bevorzugen, zugänglich und verständlich.
Die kürzere Version behält zudem die visuelle Pracht des Originals bei. Die beeindruckenden Aufnahmen von Kurosawa werden weiterhin in ihrer ganzen Schönheit gezeigt, während die deutsche Synchronisation die Handlung und die Dialoge fließend vermittelt.
Egal für welche Version man sich entscheidet, "Die sieben Samurai" von Akira Kurosawa ist ein zeitloses Meisterwerk, das sowohl in der langen japanischen Fassung mit deutschen Untertiteln als auch in der kürzeren Version mit deutscher Synchronisierung begeistert. Dieser Film offenbart die Genialität des Regisseurs und wird Zuschauer jeden Alters und jeder Nationalität mit seiner intensiven Geschichte und den brillanten Darbietungen fesseln. Ein absolutes Muss für Film-Enthusiasten und ein Juwel der Filmgeschichte.
Die Langfassung des Films "Die sieben Samurai" von Akira Kurosawa ist ein wahres Meisterwerk. Kurosawa's Vision und sein Talent als Regisseur werden in dieser Version in ihrer ganzen Pracht präsentiert. Die atemberaubende Landschaft Japans wird durch die meisterhafte Kameraarbeit in Verbindung mit den deutschen Untertiteln für die Zuseher zum Leben erweckt.
Die Geschichte, die sich in diesem mittlerweile siebzig Jahre alten zeitlosen epischen Film entfaltet, ist nach wie vor mitreißend und fesselnd. Sieben tapfere Samurai kommen zusammen, um ein Dorf vor einer Bande von Plünderern zu schützen. Die Charakterentwicklung der Samurai und der Dorfbewohner ist tiefgründig und ergreifend. Man fühlt mit ihnen mit, hofft, bangt und jubelt mit ihnen.
Die schauspielerischen Leistungen sind außergewöhnlich. Die Darsteller verkörpern ihre Rollen mit einer Intensität und Authentizität, die den Zuschauer in die Handlung hineinzieht. Die tiefsinnigen Dialoge, die durch die deutschen Untertitel verständlich gemacht werden, verleihen jeder Szene eine zusätzliche emotionale Dimension.
Die Filmmusik von Fumio Hayasaka ist ein weiterer Höhepunkt. Sie unterstreicht die dramatischen Momente des Films und verleiht den Actionszenen einen zusätzlichen Schwung. Die Kombination aus der visuellen Pracht, den melodischen Klängen und den deutschen Untertiteln macht die Langfassung zu einem wahrhaftigen Erlebnis für die Sinne.
Kürzere Version (deutsche Synchronisierung):
Auch in der kürzeren Version des Films "Die sieben Samurai" mit deutscher Synchronisierung bleibt die Essenz des Films erhalten. Die großartige Story, die tiefgründigen Charaktere und die mitreißende Handlung werden weiterhin auf mitreißende Weise präsentiert.
Die deutsche Synchronisation ist hervorragend umgesetzt. Die Synchronsprecher verleihen den Charakteren ihre Stimme und schaffen es, die emotionale Bandbreite der Originaldarsteller einzufangen. Dadurch wird der Film auch für diejenigen, die keine Untertitel bevorzugen, zugänglich und verständlich.
Die kürzere Version behält zudem die visuelle Pracht des Originals bei. Die beeindruckenden Aufnahmen von Kurosawa werden weiterhin in ihrer ganzen Schönheit gezeigt, während die deutsche Synchronisation die Handlung und die Dialoge fließend vermittelt.
Egal für welche Version man sich entscheidet, "Die sieben Samurai" von Akira Kurosawa ist ein zeitloses Meisterwerk, das sowohl in der langen japanischen Fassung mit deutschen Untertiteln als auch in der kürzeren Version mit deutscher Synchronisierung begeistert. Dieser Film offenbart die Genialität des Regisseurs und wird Zuschauer jeden Alters und jeder Nationalität mit seiner intensiven Geschichte und den brillanten Darbietungen fesseln. Ein absolutes Muss für Film-Enthusiasten und ein Juwel der Filmgeschichte.
P. Frederic
5.0 out of 5 stars
Version bluray
Reviewed in France on April 2, 2019
Je ne vais pas vous parler du film ou juste un peu... Un de mes films préférés, vu, vu revu et re-revu, tout comme bringing up baby - c'est pour quand le bluray bordel !!!!! - ou encore the searchers ou eternal sunshine of a spotless mind... Je suis pas vraiment un intello, moi c'est l'émotion qui me guide... , en tous cas la version dvd des 7 samouraïs que j'ai a une image dégueulasse, enfin passons... Là je suis scié ! Dès les premières minutes, des scènes en plus ! Une image sublime ! Des contrastes saisissants. Je m'étais fait à l'idée qu'un film de 54, fallait se contenter de la moins pire version, et bin j'avais tort !!! Ou ils ont retrouvé un négatif en parfait état, ou un magicien est passé par là, je n'en reviens pas ! Et 15 minutes de plus que sur ma version dvd ! ça m'avait intrigué et sur IMDb ils donnaient au moins 6 durées différentes, je croyais qu'ils blaguaient, genre version mythique dont on a perdu l'original...
Donc une image somptueuse, des scènes en plus, des sous titres carrément rien à voir avec ceux du dvd, le film sur deux blurays, que du bon !!!
Quant à ceux qui réclament une version française, encore eut-il fallu qu'en 54 quelqu'un ait l'idée de le sortir en France et lâche du fric pour faire un doublage, ce qui bien sur n'arriva pas.
Si comme moi ce film vous a bouleversé, le blu ray vaut son pesant d'euros !!! Merci, merci et encore merci !!!
Donc une image somptueuse, des scènes en plus, des sous titres carrément rien à voir avec ceux du dvd, le film sur deux blurays, que du bon !!!
Quant à ceux qui réclament une version française, encore eut-il fallu qu'en 54 quelqu'un ait l'idée de le sortir en France et lâche du fric pour faire un doublage, ce qui bien sur n'arriva pas.
Si comme moi ce film vous a bouleversé, le blu ray vaut son pesant d'euros !!! Merci, merci et encore merci !!!
Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Did not expect the tactical aspects; made it even better.
Reviewed in Canada on May 15, 2017
This movie is a lot more tactical than even some war films and that really adds to it. I am so glad I finally own a copy. It's not just the prototype for the Magnificent Seven it is an incredible movie in it's own right.
The only thing that could have made it better? If it was Dubbed, rather than Subbed.
The only thing that could have made it better? If it was Dubbed, rather than Subbed.
勝木 洸一郎
5.0 out of 5 stars
満点他を圧する。
Reviewed in Japan on March 8, 2024
日本の宝。