What is The Seven Samurai?
{{italictitle}} '''''The Seven Samurai''''' is a [[Japan]]ese [[movie]], written and directed by [[Akira Kurosawa]], and released in 1954. It is a [[black and white]] movie. ==Plot== The fictional plot is set in Japan in 1587, which is the 15th year of ''[[Tenshō (Momoyama period)|Tenshō]]''.<ref>[[Akira Kurosawa|Kurawawa, Akira]]. (1970). ''The Seven Samurai,'' p. 71; Galloway, Patrick. (1974). [https://books.google.com/books?id=NY-h70oqC1gC&dq=kurosawa+Second+year+of+Tenshou&pg=PA57 ''Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves: the Samurai Film Handbook,'' p. 57.]</ref> People in a village are worried about thieves and decide to get [[samurai]] to help defend them. It is hard to get enough samurai. The samurai that help do it for different reasons. There is a lot of planning while they are waiting for the thieves. There is a big fight with the thieves at the end. ==Similar movies== ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'' was an American movie Western with a similar story. This is called a remake. The movie was also adapted into an Japanese [[anime]] series in [[2004]] by GONZO, entitled Samurai 7. The anime series takes a more futuristic and fantasy take at the original story, replacing robots for thieves and bestowing superhuman abilities to the 7 samurais. ==References== [[File:Eiganotomo-thesevensamurai-dec1953.jpg|thumb|right|The cast and crew making ''The Seven Samurai'']] {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category|Seven Samurai}} {{wikiquote}} * {{imdb title|0047478|The Seven Samurai}} {{movie-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Seven Samurai, The}} [[Category:1954 movies]] [[Category:Japanese movies]] [[Category:Japanese-language movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by Akira Kurosawa]]