Seven Samurai Review

Introduction:

 Many people have taken foreign films for granted. Most of the people nowadays are just limiting there selves to only watching English movies all the time. What most of them don’t know is that there is a wonderful movie experience beyond english movies and into the foreign film industry.

Description:

 Seven Samurai is a Japanese movie filmed in 1954 based on the samurai age. In brief, the movie talks about a poor village who are expecting bandits to steal their crops. This leads them to come to a decision of hiring samurai’s to protect their village from incoming bandits.

Acting & Characters: 

 I have recently watched many Japanese movies and i haven’t been disappointed in any of the acting that occurs in the movie. They truly possess a gift of making the audience feel like the character is so believable. Whereas if you take the characters into account they are better than expected. The characters make the audience feel for them, make them cry when they are injured and happy when they succeed. This factor is one of the main points that I see is lacking in movies nowadays.

Directing & Cinematography:

 Seven Samurai is directed by the brilliant Akira Kurosawa, who put blood sweat and tears into this masterpiece. You know when someone has skill when he can create a movie with no color, no special affects, based on a simple story and still make it into film history as one of the greatest. His style of cinematography is very unique in which he captures a lot of the environment around the actors to let the audience feel as if they were there.

Music & Sound:

 The soundtrack in this movie was so perfect that you can literally expect what to hear. Akira did brilliantly in utilizing what he had at that time and using them at the perfect time in the movie. Whether it was a sad or mournful scene, or a joyful one, Akira presented astounding audio which captivates the feel of the part.

Theme:

 The theme of the movie is basically the feel of old life in japan and how stressful it was. It showed us how each group acted out in the economy and how each of them worked with one another. The movie was also themed to show us the beauty of places which can contain the poorest of people. 

Opinion:

 This has been one of the many Japanese movies I’ve seen and i must say it is the best. I loved how amazing the director is in telling a simple yet amazing story that keeps you glued to the screen. Another element i enjoyed is how you see a progress in the movie and how characters feelings change. The only negative side i see about this movie is that a lot of people would reject it due to being either foreign and black and white. But in my opinion i believe that people should give a chance to these movies, they wont regret it i can promise that. In the end i would just like to point out that in my eyes this is a Japanese version of the great movie “The Good, The bad, And the Ugly”. As i watched this movie, it struck me in an instant and i knew that they were both similar and amazing. In conclusion, i would seriously recommend it to anyone who hasn’t seen a Japanese movie to make this movie his first.