The film, intended as a "Magnificent Seven in outer space", is based on The Magnificent Seven, the Western remake of Akira Kurosawa's film Seven Samurai. The screenplay was written by John Sayles, the score was composed by James Horner, and the special effects were directed by James ...
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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: ...
introduced Lucas to the work of Japanese directorKurosawa Akira, who would be an important influence on Lucas’s work. Lucas made several highly acclaimed student films, including the futuristicparableElectronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB, which took first prize at the National Student Film Festival in...
All Lists Newest Add List For You Log InJoin All Top Ten ListsMovies Best Japanese Movies of all Time The Top Ten Seven Samurai Not just Japan but on of the world's best movies of all the time. One of the greatest films ever made Ikiru Ikiru is one of Kurosawa's greatest films, ...
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Cinema lovers bow down to Akira Kurosawa, one of the most influential filmmakers in Japan, if not of all time. In the 1950s and 1960s, Kurosawa directed the most famous samurai movies in the world, including “Rashomon”, “Yojimbo” and “The Hidden Fortress”. Two of his greatest samur...
This highly anticipated remake of the 1960 classic 'The Magnificent Seven' (which itself was a remake of Kurosawa's brilliant 'Seven Sumarai') slightly disappointed when we first saw it. But all the same, it's a very solid, entertaining and well-crafted western. Read more Watch the traile...
Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams[Yume; AKADreams] (1990)– The master filmmaker relates eight “dreams,” including one where he wanders through Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings Alice[Neco Z Alenky] (1988)– Ultra-creepy Czech stop-motion animated version of the Lewis Carroll classic, shot in eerie stop...
According to Tim Palmer, Kurosawa's films occupy a peculiar position between the materials of mass genre, on the one hand, and esoteric or intellectual abstraction, on the other. They also clearly engage with issues of environmental critique, given Kurosawa's preference for shooting in decaying ...