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List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 349 reviews)
Sales Rank: 918
Category: DVD
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Publisher: Criterion
Studio: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Label: Criterion
Format: Black & White, Special Edition, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 208 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0780020685
UPC: 037429121726
EAN: 0037429121726
ASIN: 0780020685
Release Date: August 5, 1998
Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 1953
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential video
Unanimously hailed as one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of the motion picture, Seven Samurai has inspired countless films modeled after its basic premise. But Akira Kurosawa's classic 1954 action drama has never been surpassed in terms of sheer power of emotion, kinetic energy, and dynamic character development. The story is set in the 1600s, when the residents of a small Japanese village are seeking protection against repeated attacks by a band of marauding thieves. Offering mere handfuls of rice as payment, they hire seven unemployed "ronin" (masterless samurai), including a boastful swordsman (Toshiro Mifune) who is actually a farmer's son desperately seeking glory and acceptance. The samurai get acquainted with but remain distant from the villagers, knowing that their assignment may prove to be fatal. The climactic battle with the raiding thieves remains one of the most breathtaking sequences ever filmed. It's poetry in hyperactive motion and one of Kurosawa's crowning cinematic achievements. This is not a film that can be well served by any synopsis; it must be seen to be appreciated (accept nothing less than its complete 203-minute version) and belongs on the short list of any definitive home-video library. --Jeff Shannon
Description
A desperate village hires seven samurai to protect it from marauders in this crown jewel of Japanese cinema. No other film so seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action. Featuring Japan's legendary star, the great Toshiro Mifune, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai is an inspired epic a triumph of art, and an unforgettable three-hour ride.
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Customer Reviews: Read 344 more reviews...
 The best is yet to come June 15, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This release is great, but Criterion just announced a 3 disc version of this with a BETTER video transfer!
This review is short but sweet ..... June 9, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This film is one of the best films I've ever seen . It is in subtitles , however you don't mind them ... the film is so good and the acting doesn't even need sound for the viewer to injoy this masterpeace .
IF I COULD GIVE IT 10 STARS , I'D ASK AMAZON FOR 90 MORE !
Hold on people Criterion is re-releasing this film May 13, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Despite the tempting price on this classic movie...The Criterion Collection has announced that it will re-release Akira kurosawa films in Hi-Def transfers including "High and Low", "Seven Samurai", "Yojimbo", new transfers and new supplements...
An amazing film May 6, 2006
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I don't have any problems with long films, but I was a bit skeptical if I could sit through a film that clocked in at almost 3 and a half hours, that too in black and white with subtitles.
But I'm pleased to say it kept my attention and I see why it is hailed as one of the greatest films of all time.
First of all, the plot is very universal. Most every culture has variations of the theme (a village is threatened by gangs/thugs/etc and a group is hired or asked to help them).
You will also understand many of the influences action films have had from this.
I haven't seen the Criterion edition of this film, but I look forward to seeing the commentary as well by the film expert. It might prove to be interesting as well.
the definition of greatness April 7, 2006
6 out of 16 found this review helpful
i can't decide if this film or les Enfants du Paradis is my all-time favorite film. (or the 7th Seal)
I could say something obvious about this film inspiring many other films like the magnificent Magnificent 7.
what really interests me is the way the fascinating characters interact and what each character symbolizes.
(I could add that this film is my 16-year-old son's favorite film although he can't put into words why.)
So as not to waste people's time, let me just say that Toshiro Mifune shows his full genius in his acting as Kikuchiyo, one of the most fascinating characters in cinema. What is he really? A clown or a hero.
The other intense hero types are obviously great heroes in the tradition of Hector and Achilles but is Kikuchiyo the court jester?
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