In his book The Great Movies Roger Ebert writes, “critic Michael Jeck suggests that [Seven Samurai] was the first film in which a team is assembled to carry out a mission — an idea that gave birth to its direct Hollywood remake, The Magnificent Seven, as well as The Guns of Navarone, The Dirty Dozen, and countless later war, heist, and caper movies.” Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 film gather together the seven warriors of the title to protect a village that will soon be attacked by bandits. The samurai’s only payment: a bit of rice every day. It’s enough to bond the group together for the battle that lies ahead.
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