If I was a bandit, you would be looking for your head.
1954 Akira Kurosawa
A story of a villiage of farmers who are regularly attacked by bandits for their crops. They decide enough is enough and seek the help of samurai to help them defend the villiage.A group of seven take the task and teach the villiagers to defend themselves before harvesting the crop and the return of the bandits.
It's 3 hours long but the story is paced well and the charcters develop throughout.
It's said that The Magnificent Seven was based on this film and you can certainly see why, I can see lots of other films have taken elements of this film and story.
My favourite is Kikuchiyo the samurai with no name.
Definately one I am glad to have watched. 7.5/10
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