The film parodies both Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, as well as its American remake The Magnificent Seven. Did your favorite ‘80s western make the cut? Vote up the best 1980s western films below, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comment section. Most divisive: ...
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More Truffaut on the Criterion Channel:Antoine and Colette, Bed and Board, Confidentially Yours, Jules and Jim, The Last Metro, Les mistons, Love on the Run, Shoot the Piano Player, The Soft Skin, Stolen Kisses, Two English Girls, Une histoire d’eau, The Woman Next Door. The 400 Blows...
Everett Akira Kurosawa’sis a film on every master director’s list of must-see films, so there’s no reason it shouldn’t be on yours too. The gist: A village enlists seven samurai to help defend them against a gang of bandits. Their payment? Only rice. It all culminates in a bat...
Although five of my top ten samurai movies were directed by the great Akira Kurosawa, there are also movies by the most of the greats of Japanese cinema including, Masaki Kobayashi, Kenji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Inagaki, and Kon Ichikawa. The samurai movies are particularly interesting because they ...
The greatest Japanese movies, ranked 1. Seven Samurai (1954) Film Action and adventure Director: Akira Kurosawa If you’re looking for an entry point to Japanese cinema, or world cinema – or, shoot, just cinema in general – consider this your diving board. For experts, it probably seems...
Neo-Realism to Dogme to J-horror, we've compiled a list of the very best films not in the English language (note: features, not documentaries). So rustle up some sushi, strike up a gauloise and make sure you've locked your bicycle as we count down the top 100 world cinema movies.....
Even if Criterion had only a handful of Kurosawa films, it would still be difficult to choose between The Seven Samurai, Rashomon, and Ran, to name a few. So why Ikiru? Well, it’s an unqualified masterpiece, about a man with stomach cancer coming to terms with the end of his life....
In other words, despite a strong start, this remake of "Battle Beyond the Stars" — and hence also "The Seven Samurai" — frankly ain't that good. We're only including it here 'cause such a fuss was made before it aired. And now that Part II has dropped, we can honestly say,...
with re-enactments of events involving legendary rulers such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Commentary is in both English and Japanese, and re-enactments feature notable actors including Masayoshi Haneda (‘West World’, ‘The Last Samurai’) and Hideaki Ito (‘Memoirs of a Murderer...