Member review

Romantic, Tragic and full of Action

Seven Samurai is set in a small Japanese village around the 16th century. The village has been constantly being invaded by bandits. As the village has no protection the bandits find the village an easy target. Seeking protection, the villagers search in the town for any samurai whiling to help them. Six samurai are interested and start protecting the village by building a small fort. They train a peasant to be a samurai as well. The attack on the village begins with small skirmishes. The samurai train the peasants into basic combat providing them with bamboo sticks as spears. Kambei, the leader of the samurai creates tactics and marks of the bandits they kill.

I really enjoyed this film as it showed emotion and how the Japanese people behaved in that time period. The music and the weather showed how they were feeling without the people showing it. Slow, quiet music and rain successfully suggested fear and sadness. The film shows how tough it was living at the bottom of the feudal system with scarce amount of money and having to work all day to provide the basic means to live. I like how the director shows the connection with the old man and the watermill. The watermill provides the village with rice and water. The old man runs the watermill. The watermill turns as the man is living, but when the bandits kill him the watermill stops. The close up shots emphasises how important the scene is.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this film and strongly recommend it. The film has a good taste of all genres making it enjoyable for anyone to see. Many mixture of emotional scenes makes the film interesting and exciting. I strongly recommend it to everyone.