THE SEVEN SAMURAI.

awe-some and more!

When i read the title my thoughts went running to the Magnificent Seven. A movies that i always thought was magnificent! Then i read the storyline and my suspicions were confirmed. The plot was the same...village in trouble, bandits naak mein daam, villagers jeena haram, hire fighters to dishoom-dishoom bandits, bandits khallas, villagers happily ever after. But instead of getting oh-ssso-swoony-gun-trotting Yule Brenner and his collected gang, this movie has the villagers hiring samurai.
The making of the movie is as much of an epic as the move itself. Not only is the plot an original to be made a million times over and in as many countries, made just after the second world war it took 2 years to put together the finances for it. The movie was made amidst many hurdles not the least one of them being a shortage of horses in Japan at the time.
Apparently the Manificent Seven was a remake of this movie which is a master piece. The movie has a significant contribution to the legend that is director Akira Kurosawa. See the movie and you will agree.

After having seen this original, it was almost impossible to avoid a sense of comparison. And the first thing that came to mind was comparing a original song to a remix. The original song so pure and clean in melody and the remix full of glam and loud and in your face pandering.

The movie makes you think. It showcases human character. Which is inherently selfish but is capable of great courage and selflessness when called upon. The characters are so real and believable. For me personally, this was one of the rare movies which projected the human side to a samurai as well as why they were [are] revered. The movie seems to move along slowly but its gripping all the same. Its very easy to get involved in the story and the people. You cannot come out of it without being profoundly impressed.

Its a must watch.