Seven Samurai (1954) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2023-04-22 22:58:20 +0000 UTC
Comments
Classic Japanese cinema is the true classic cinema... not Hollywood
Sutil
2024-02-21 23:21:24 +0000 UTCOne of the best films ever made... someone already mentioned the farmer samurai being Toshiro Mifune... one of the best japanese actors of all time... this is the 4th film I watch all the way through with you guys and it was awesome... thank you.... about the ending... most Kirosawa films end in a similar tone... I would rather you guys react to RAN then Yojimbo... Ran also ends in a very bleak note but it's one of the best endings ever...
Sutil
2024-02-21 23:20:42 +0000 UTCIf Dan wanted more violence and blood, there's "Yojimbo" (1961) which was also the basis for the Sergio Leone / Clint Eastwood film "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964) and Bruce Willis' gangster movie, "Last Man Standing" (1996) (probably the most violence and gore of the three).
Miles E Coburn
2023-05-10 17:04:34 +0000 UTC"Yojimbo" (1961)was also the basis for Sergio Leone / Clint Eastwood film "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964) and Bruce Willis' gangster movie, "Last Man Standing" (1996).
Miles E Coburn
2023-05-10 16:59:02 +0000 UTCKikuchiyo is played by Toshiro Mifune, Akira Kurosawa's favorite actor who appeared in most of his films, usually as the leading man. In fact, Mifune was the guy George Lucas originally envisioned playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, but Mifune turned him down on advice of his agent. During World War II, Mifune was stationed at a Kamikaze base and spent quite some time watching young men going to their deaths in suicide missions against the United States Navy. He would know the young pilots quite well, would hang out with them, and would even take photos of them when they were heading out on their final missions. Though I don't know of any case where he admitted it publicly, he seemed to have developed something of a death wish in whole or in part due to this experience. He began to drink heavily and was severely injured in several accidents while drunk over a period of years. At the same time, while on set for various movies, he agreed to frankly insane methods for capturing various shots, even by the standards of the time. The most famous case was during filming of "Throne of Blood", an adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" into Japanese feudal themes. During one scene where he was meant to be being shot at by a large group of soldiers, he actually permitted extras on set to shoot at him with real bows and arrows. In the scene in the finished film, you can see several arrows sticking into his armor. Few if any of these extras had ever fired a bow before. Yoshio Tsuchiya, the actor who plays Rikichi here in "Seven Samurai" was among the extras brought in to do so. He later commented that he couldn't bring himself to release his arrow for fear of harming Mifune.
TheToweringOtakunt
2023-05-09 22:02:02 +0000 UTCI own 13 Assassins. Love that one
Smooticus
2023-04-27 18:45:09 +0000 UTCI'm so pleased you guys finally got to see this one. There are so many great Japanese films and directors. But since we're on Kurosawa, I'd like to recommend Yojimbo (Fistful of dollars), Throne of Blood (Kurosawa's interpretation of Macbeth), Kagemusha: the Shadow Warrior (think Pygmalion/Prince and the Pauper/Dave), Ran (King Lear). For non Samurai movies, go with Ikiru, The Bad Sleep Well, and Red Beard. Considering that Kurosawa preferred shooting in black and white, Kagamusha and Ran are especially impressive. I can hear Daniel saying "wow, what a shot!" quite a bit in reaction :) Anyway, glad you two finally saw this one and happy you guys enjoyed it. Keep up the great work!
Smooticus
2023-04-27 18:44:15 +0000 UTCSo many good ones from Kurosawa. They really have a gold mine to explore.
Marcus Cato
2023-04-24 22:57:20 +0000 UTCI love that other people are aware that a Bug's Life is a loose remake of Seven Samurai. That would be a fun reaction, but I would be surprised if they haven't seen it. Plus, I've heard Pixar can be ballbreakers about copyright. (Or is that Ghibli?)
Marcus Cato
2023-04-24 22:54:09 +0000 UTCI would love for you guys to do more Kurosawa films, he's my all time favorite director because he just kept making classics. Several people have mentioned Yojimbo, and I definitely recommend that as well. The lead actor in that is Toshiro Mifune, who played Kikuchiyo (as you called him, the farmer samurai), and he's fantastic in that as well. TBR mentioned wanting a bit more violence and blood, let me recommend a more modern samurai film in the same vein he might enjoy. I'd suggest the 2010 film 13 Assassins directed by Takashi Miike. Another group of samurai movie pulled together for a mission, this one is violent and visceral on an incredible level. Anyways, great reaction guys!
Cameron
2023-04-24 21:23:17 +0000 UTCthere is a Star Wars visions episode that is inspired by seven samurai. like a animated version of this movie set in the Star Wars universe with light sabers
Terry Lee
2023-04-24 19:52:00 +0000 UTCAkira Kurosawa... you guys aren't fucking around anymore. Other spectacular Kurosawa movies: Rashomon; Hidden Fortress; Yojimbo; Throne of Blood; Ran.
Steve Mercier
2023-04-24 01:17:56 +0000 UTCThis is one of my favorite movies. I watch it at least once a year (because it's so long), so this will be my watch for this year. I have enjoyed all movies I have seen from Akira Kurosawa. The Magnificent Seven is a great movie as well, although the remake is just watchable but not nearly as good. This movie was also the plot for Disney's A Bugs Life cartoon, which is also very good. Akira Kurosawa's movie "Ran" (I think pronounced 'RON') is a war epic in color, and also very good.
Vwlss Nvwls
2023-04-24 00:58:46 +0000 UTCIt goes by so quickly! Hahah I like the bribery! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-04-23 23:20:45 +0000 UTCYou can do it! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-04-23 23:20:12 +0000 UTCJust one! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-04-23 23:20:01 +0000 UTCHaha! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-04-23 23:19:52 +0000 UTCFirst time watch for me too. I have seen Magnificent Seven - it's literally east compared with west, same plot but different cultures.
Odd Thomas
2023-04-23 22:43:46 +0000 UTCSeven Samurai is streaming on HBOMax.
YoureMrLebowski
2023-04-23 14:14:53 +0000 UTCThe shortest 3.5 hour movie of all time. I've shown this movie to friends and girls I've dated - and in order to get them to watch a long, black and white movie with subtitles I've told them I'll give them $50 if they can honestly say they didn't like it or wasted their time. I've never had to pay up. 😉
Brandon
2023-04-23 11:49:59 +0000 UTCYes, The Goonies and Seven Samurai on one Day ;) Love it!!! You Need to watch the Western "The Magnificent Seven" from 1960 from John Sturges starring Eli Wallach, Steve MqQueen, Yul Brynner and Charles Bronson ... Same Story as this Movie, Classic Western !!! And of Course "Yojimbo" from 1961 ... Huge Impact on the Spaghetti Western !!! "A Fistful of Dollars" is a Remake of Yojimbo and was the Start of Clint Eastwoods Great Career !!! Speaking of Eastwood, i Hope you go on with Dirty Harry ... Nice Weekend Guys and Greetings from Germany
Florian Meier
2023-04-23 05:37:28 +0000 UTCJapanese fatalism can be felt throughout this entire production. It is very tangible and real, and you get a healthy dose of it throughout and especially the end. In 1954 this sense of 'losing' and 'you can't change how things are destined' was very strong, I probably don't need to say why. It's in both the text and the subtext of this script.
Richard Cowgill
2023-04-23 04:14:44 +0000 UTCRegarding your review at the end, when you mention the lack of gore, the director Akira Kurosawa happened to have actually shot a very well know gory scene at the end of one of his other movies (don't really to spoil it since it's supposed to be a shocking moment). Just to mention that he actually went on that bloody path but not in Seven Samurais indeed.
Garmonbozia93
2023-04-23 01:54:31 +0000 UTCI'm gonna try this. I'm not gonna lie, that runtime is... 😬
Jeffrey Miller
2023-04-23 00:13:07 +0000 UTCClassic epic. Will this be a 2 part YouTube upload?
ShadowVessel π
2023-04-23 00:01:26 +0000 UTCSam did mention in a patreon reply comment a few weeks back, that "Troy (2004)" did have a slot booked in for an upcoming schedule on the channel, so that epic will get to be enjoyed sooner or later
Duncan
2023-04-23 00:00:52 +0000 UTCI only came for the intermission dancing stretching and basketball chat,so that is my 5 minute reaction complete
Duncan
2023-04-22 23:45:54 +0000 UTCHigh and Low is kinda perfect
Garmonbozia93
2023-04-22 23:41:37 +0000 UTCI like "Dreams" (1990).
Erwin Quiachon
2023-04-22 23:34:39 +0000 UTCYou made it! This was remade as an American cowboy movie, "The Magnificent Seven" (1960) The Star Wars Clone Wars episode, "Bounty Hunters" (2010) and The Mandalorian episode, "Sanctuary" (2019) are also remakes of The Seven Samurai. It may have been rough, but Seven Samurai is a very important film for American cinema as well as international cinema. The black and white cinematography ranks up with the elite like Bergman and John Ford. I hope you'll give "Throne of Blood" (1957) a shot as an example of how Kurosawa made a faster paced action samurai movie in half as much run time. "Yojimbo" (1961) is another Kurosawa samurai movie under 2 hours that was remade as "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964), which you've already seen.
Erwin Quiachon
2023-04-22 23:33:17 +0000 UTCI'm sure everyone has this ready to type once they see what they like in everyday for the week lol for me it would be sopranos, the offer on paramount plus, Troy and Carlitos way lol but regardless these two are my favorite reactors 🙏
dieselbeast
2023-04-22 23:31:05 +0000 UTCI know most here will recommend more Kurosawa samurai films, but he did make other great films in other genres with contemporary settings. Ikiru is one of these, it was recently remade as Living(which garnered an Oscar nom for Bill Nighy). It's heartbreaking. Also his thriller High and Low is pretty much on par with Hitchcock's best. He deserves his own poll, more than just the foreign film polls. Also, Ozu and Mizoguchi are 2 other big Japanese directors from that time that also made some amazing films.
Birdie Num Num
2023-04-22 23:26:16 +0000 UTCOh wow. Not many people talk about this flick. So amazing.
Philip Davetas
2023-04-22 23:24:04 +0000 UTCheh, you want a bloody, modern Kurosawa film check out Ran (1985). Amazing a 75 year old could direct something of that scale.
Birdie Num Num
2023-04-22 23:21:41 +0000 UTCDefinitely check out Rashomon as well. It was also made by Akira Kurosawa and is one that has inspired so many other things. It literally spawned a term called 'The Rashomon effect!'
Shehab Dawoud
2023-04-22 23:12:14 +0000 UTCIf you decide to go farther down the Kurosawa/Mifune trail, I would strongly recommend the one-two punch of Yojimbo and its sequel Sanjuro. They are way more accessible to a Western audience than Seven Samurai, and they focus around an intriguing drifter-like character who you will really love. Yojimbo is the more dramatic slow-burn of the two, while Sanjuro is the lighter, more quickly-paced dramedy. Although with Kurosawa, quickly-paced means something entirely different.
Ron Moses
2023-04-22 23:11:20 +0000 UTCWooooo so excited to get into this!!!
Brent
2023-04-22 23:09:08 +0000 UTCAnd the award for "Best Series of Uploads on Patreon in a 24 Hour Period" goes to... TBR Schmitt, for 2 Sopranos, The Goonies, and Seven Samurai. *applause*
Future Boy
2023-04-22 23:06:16 +0000 UTC* hyperventilating * - so ready for this.
Luetin
2023-04-22 23:00:53 +0000 UTC
