Seven Samurai [Criterion Collection] [3 Discs] [DVD] [1954]

Great extras. Nice case. Bonus features were worth the price for a amazing film

Absolutely 100 percent an all time classic. Love Akira Kurosawa movies. In case you don't know this inspired the Magnificent 7 movies.

Seven Samurai is one of the greatest and most influential films ever made and is truly Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece. Set in fuedal Japan, the story concerns a village under threat from bandits. The farmers hire samurai to fight the bandits and find seven who are willing to defend thier village. Akira Kurosawa does a masterful job of directing one of the best action movies around. Each scene is flawless. The battle scenes are exciting and highly energized. Ther scenes that focus on the characters really give insight into what each character thinks and feels. All of which adds to the brilliant masterwork that is Seven Samurai. Each member of the cast does a superb job in thier respective roles. Toshiro Mifune is brilliant as the rough and tumble Kikuchiyo and Takeshi Shimura is great as Kambei, the leader of the band of samurai. You come to feel for each character and all of the samurai exemplify the virtues of courage and honor. The Blu-Ray transfer is stunning. Each scene is clear and sharply defined. The shading of the black and white comes out beautifully in High Defenition. Blu-Ray takes a classic and makes it look good as new. The extras include trailers and some featurettes on the making and legacy of Seven Samurai. Very interesting and informative. Seven Samurai is a true classic and influences film makers to this day. From westerns like The Magnificent Seven, to sci-fi like Battle Beyond the Stars and and episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and anime like Samurai Seven. The PIXAR film, A Bug's Life even took some cues from Seven Samurai! If you want to see just how great movies can be, check out Seven Samurai.

Great movie but for those looking for action it does start out slow and periodically gets more intense as it goes on. For a black & white foreign flick, its really good. I didnt even mind reading subtitles. Listening to it in its native language somehow added to the experience. I can honestly say I was entertained by this film for the 3 hours it runs for

Brilliant film. One of Kirosawa's best. A must own for any fan classic cinema.

We just got this collection the other day so we are still watching it. What can I say other than that it’s a classic and you will really be immersed in its content.

There are films that are difficult to define or explain in plain terms, as to their quality aspects. " Seven Samurai " fortunately is not one of those films. In Historical terms, this film has to be considered one of the greatest adventure films ever to be exported outside of Japan. Akira Kurosawa is a master at character development, with a slow methodical briliance of one who can take a script and masterfully translate it to film. Luckily for Akira Kurosawa, he had the advantage of directing at a studio (Toho) willing to take chances and had the expertise to create the background and effects to support this Master film Maker's vision of the old world, in a very authentic manner, teleporting the viewer into Samurai society where honor and a code of ethics are still a core belief in feudal Japan. You would think that it would be difficult to sit thru a 207 minute film, but this is a very special film that will have your complete attention, by 5 minutes into the first half. At the end of the film you will be completely exhausted by the action and drama this film contains. Criterion's remaster of this film gem is the best sounding and clearest visually speaking, I have seen of this film. Its money well spent and I doubt there is a better DVD version of this film, elsewhere. Seven Samurai is just one of those films that you can talk about, without doing it justice. Its an event, not a movie.. Five Star Rating * * * * *

Movie is 3 hours long but it doesn’t seem like it when you watch it. I watched 13 assassins first and I see where that movie got it’s influence. Glad I picked this movie up!