Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa classic from 1956 that inspired ‘The Magnificent Seven’. Released on Criterion Collection in the US and as a British Film Institute release in the UK.
A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.
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