Seven Samurai
The Ministry of Film · 2025-04-04
Robin and Carolina discuss the best samurai film of all time, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954). The bandits are mean, our heroes are heroic, and the farmers are just trying to survive.
Politics include: how Jaws and Star Wars blatantly copied this film, the making of a seven-person army, and a village trying to stay safe in an uncertain world that is basically, literally all of us at the moment.
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The Cine-Files talk about the film for 4+ hoursWhy Kurosawa's films are the best edited in film historyForeign Policy magazine dig into the film in connection to warIf you like what you hear, please rate and subscribe to the show wherever you're listening, it will help others find the pod.
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