It’s Akira Kurosawa’s birthday.
This is what it’s all about.

March 23, 2026 - 20:12 UTC

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Is this the greatest goddamned movie ever?

It's 3 hours long but it moves with the breezy assurance of a goddamned tight 90-minute Coen Bros. joint.
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Hey, I can't find this line in my translation of the screenplay, do you know what scene or roughly where in the movie this is?
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I have this instead of a mirror
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Everyone's all hype (and not wrongly) over Mifune, but Shimura's a legit low-key GOAT in this and AK's filmography generally.
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Love this shot of when they all come together, regardless of their place in the caste system. Seven Samurai is a highly subversive piece of work.
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There's not many films as special as this
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I remember exactly where I was when I first saw Seven Samurai. I was, as you Brits would say, gobsmacked! Just look at that shot. Magnificent direction. He was the master.
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Katsushiro choosing life as a farmer after seeing what lies ahead for him otherwise.
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damn it, now need a rewatch
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Kikuchiyo breaking the fourth wall as he furiously blames the upper classes for exploiting, terrorising and enfeebling the lower classes.
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One of the most thrilling moments in Seven Samurai is when you see Kambei calmly go up to the mound with his bow & arrows & the bandit leader and his minions turning around as quick as they can as they know he won’t be missing…1/2
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…like so 2/2
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The best sword is kept in its sheath.
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I taught children whose fathers were Gurkhas and they had a similar saying about that.
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“Do not unsheathe me without reason. Do not wield me without valor.”

Detail of the Statue of Italian Condottiero Lodovico de' Medici, also known as Giovanni delle Bande Nere
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