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        Seven Samurai PG rating

        Farmers hire a band of samurai to defend them against marauding bandits in Kurosawa’s influential epic, a touchstone for action movies ever since.

        Drama 1954 207 mins

        Director: Akira Kurosawa

        Overview

        Strongly influenced by the poetic westerns of John Ford, Kurosawa’s story of farmers recruiting a motley troupe of samurai to help them fend off bandits in turn had a huge impact on subsequent westerns and action films. Kurosawa expertly sustains the suspense over a lengthy duration, instilling the story with an almost Shakespearian grandeur.

        Ranked joint 20th in the 2022 Sight and Sound Great Films of All Time poll