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Seven Samurai (1954) - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2023-05-25 11:30:01
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2023-07

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Buckle up cause this was a long one, clocking in at ~3h30m (though google says 2h40m for some reason??). As usual with older movies, I try to transport myself back to that time period and be the audience they made the movie for. It was definitely a little longer, but I love a good David vs Goliath story and they really came through with the storytelling in this one!! I won't spoil much more of the reaction, hope you enjoy!

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Grad

One of the best. Thank you for giving me a reason to revisit it. I believe its a generational thing mostly in the sense that you haven't seen a lot of these older movies. The more you watch the more they will grow on you.

Grad

"Without farmers we're nothing!" QFT

Otrant

Major props for jumping into an old, black and white, super long, foreign language movie.

John Drake

"Hey Kurosawa, you could've tightened it up a bit!" You tell em Cassie !

Wes Stewart

Is this Cassie’s first foreign language film? What a way to start if it is. My foreign language pick from the beginning has always been In The Mood For Love (2000).

Tim Raths
>>109425642

She watched RRR a couple months ago and she watched Amelie with Carly over a year ago.

Anonymous

Love Cassie

Björn Karlsson
>>109425642

Some day she might even do a swedish movie. I probably don't need to mention which one I have in mind 😄😆

Daniel Goldberg

There was a time when films were often slower paced than is the typical case today. At the time Seven Samurai was made I don’t believe that it would have been generally felt that scenes lingered too long. I understand that when you’re of a generation that came along when the more recent faster paced, quick edits were common it would be harder to appreciate the slower build up of older movies. But it’s worth it if you can. If this all sounds a little defensive it’s probably because Kurosawa is my favorite director. There used to be a revival movie theater where I live which at least a couple of times over the years had a Kurosawa series, so I had the opportunity to see most of his films in a theater and consequently developed a great love of his films. My personal favorite is Red Beard, but I’m probably in the minority on that as Ran is largely considered to be his greatest achievement. It’s based on King Lear and one of several films he did based on Shakespeare. Off the top of my head there is also The Bad Sleep Well based on Hamlet, and Throne of Blood based on Macbeth. Anyway, I recommend just about anything by Kurosawa.

Mark Ultimatemusings
>>109521143

Kurosawa is my favorite director and Seven Samurai is my favorite movie. I own all 30 of his films. 16 of which starred Toshiro Mifune. I’m sure you already know this but wanted to share that with anyone else who reads this. Hopefully she will do another one of his films.

Prophet2272

I'm late to the party watching this as I was away on vacation but I was excited to see you watch this movie. Like most of my early influences with movies my father showed me this movie on vhs tape (it was 2 tapes) and I was hooked, I loved the cinematography of the slowed down shots in certain fights. The characters were also amazing Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune) was my favorite even though at times he's kinda crazy. But the ultimate thing I learned was the importance of certain friendships and how you maintain them even if the plan is crazy. ( I'm talking about the scene in the movie where the main samurai guy ask his friend for help even telling him that they both might die and he accepts without questions) I've made friends but few have stuck around through thick and thin. This always served as a reminder to me to value that cause you never know. This movie opened the door for watching other Japanese movies in this era. An interesting trivia Akira Kurosawa came up into directing movies with the studio Toho with two other directors one being the director of Gojira (Godzilla) Ishiro Honda.

China Andronicus

Been sick so I'm late to joining in on this but I'm SO glad you watched it! Kurosawa is a favorite and this film is so good! Samurai is definitely something you were born into. The scene with Shino and her father's outrage is a good example of why Rikichi's wife did as she did. In that era there was great emphasis placed on honor and a woman in her situation would have been considered defiled by those bandits. Her husband clearly didn't care but she was ashamed and chose to end her life rather than face him and the judgement of others. I felt bad for poor Kikuchiyo and how hard you were on him. Poor guy suffered a lot and was not great at handling emotions so he chose most often to act out in anger and comedy. Hence being excited for battle after losing Heihachi. Much easier to fight than to deal with the sorrow. Toshiro Mifune played him so very wall, but the man was a master. In every single version of this story, Kyuzo is the best character, I swear to God. Every one, original, Western, and anime.

TheToweringOtakunt

Regarding the treatment of farmers: During Japan's feudal period, there was a caste system enforced which put the Samurai at the top, followed by farmers, artisans, and finally merchants. In practice, however, farmers were usually treated as though they were at the very bottom except in very official situations. They lacked the station of Samurai, of course, but they also lacked the sort of wealth-making potential a merchant or artisan could enjoy. The social attitudes that put artisans and merchants below farmers were rarely powerful enough to overwhelm the influence-purchasing power of a very successful artisan or merchant. While most would treat a farming village leader (in other words, the one who holds the village's proverbial purse strings) with respect, individual farmers were not so fortunate.