1954 · drama · action · history
Seven Samurai
Directed by Akira Kurosawa3h 27m1954
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Our read: Seven Samurai (1954) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · action · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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