Easily one of the best movies ever made. It’s fun, smart, enjoyable and there were several reboots. It does have a long running time and there are some boring parts. Because of all the action the time seems to go by quickly. The story elements flow and the events integrate and work really well together and almost flawlessly. The time period is from the 12th century to the 19th century. A samurai warrior is a member of a powerful military caste in Feudal Japan. Especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos, one of the great lords who were vassals fo the shogun.
This film features a group of samurai who help a farming village defend itself against a gang of bandits. There are multiple battles and the villagers, samurais and bandits suffer casualties. Violence is not particularly bloody but it is accentuated through fluid camera movements and slow motion cinematography. The samurai and the villagers have character flaws but ultimately they all stand together in the face of the ruthless bandits. The bandits have not moved forward beyond their thieving impulses. There is strong language in the subtitles but they are sparingly used. 4 1/2* (I liked this movie)
3 hours 27 min, Action directed and written by Akira Kurosawa, also written by Shinobu Hasimoto and Hideo Oguni with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi.
Note: Imdb 8.6* out of 10* with 298,946 views, Roger Ebert 4*, Rotten Tomatoes 100% with 62 critics 97% user Rating with 90,892 reviews, empireonline.com 5*, frenchfilms.com 5* James Travers, Letterboxd 4.5*, Metacritic 98 out of 100 6 critics (6 positive) with 8.8 out of 10 with 363 ratings (327 positive 16 mixed 20 negative), Amazon 4.7* out of 5* with 1,761 ratings, Common Sense Media David Gurney, age 13+, 5*, 3* positive, 3* role models, 2* violence, 2* language, 1* drinking, drugs, smoking.
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