Final battle in 'Seven Samurai' (1954), directed by Akira Kurosawa #samurai #sevensamurai | sensitive_samurai

Seven Samurai Seven Samurai (Hepburn: Shichinin no Samurai) is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai action film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. Taking place in 1586[a] in the Sengoku period of Japanese history, it follows the story of a village of desperate farmers who seek to hire samurai to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops. At the time, the film was the most expensive film made in Japan. It took a year

Seven Samurai (1954) | Directed by Akira Kurosawa | Shot by Asakazu Nakai | Starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura Shot over one year with a budget that nearly bankrupted Toho Studios. Kurosawa invented the wipe transition—George Lucas copied it directly for Star Wars. He used multiple cameras simultaneously (revolutionary then) so editors had options. The rain was dyed with ink to read on black-and-white film. The mud was mixed with ash for contrast. At 207 minutes, studios begged for cuts; K