One of the first classic masterpieces I watched. Everything carved to perfection; Kurosawa's lesson of direction and script, Shimura's wisdom, most of all Mifune's monkeyish presence. This is a movie that has been able attract any person without distinction of culture, purpose or taste.

Not Kurosawa's best. Gets major props for having 7 main characters and managing to keep them interesting and distinct, though.

I liked it as history lesson about life in rural Japan in past and combat techniques. But I see it too overrated. Some acting was like from village theater-very affected. And the story was also very simple-black and white. Maybe it was something special in 50s, but now it is not. Despite that it is still worth of watching.

Yes this is a good movie. It is also not 4 hours of great. Kurosawa's popularity overshadows many better samurai movies.

An epic and absorbing experience. Not to mention that this is a tremendously entertaining feature.

Best movie ever made. Entertainment, action, unforgettable characters, ground-breaking camera work, solid story and great acting. Every action movie since 7 samurai was influenced in some way by it. And none have yet surpassed it in quality.

Kurosawa showing how to tell an engaging story so far ahead of his time. Personally I think this is one of the most important films ever made.

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Beautiful visual poetry, a classic in every sense of the word, and the basis for many (classic) westerns, most notably The Magnificent Seven. Beautiful acting, memorable moments, but the downsides I thought were the slow pacing, and 3 of the seven samurai not having fleshed out characters. In fact I couldn't tell the final 3 apart very well.

I went in expecting an epic masterpiece; this movie's reputation precedes itself. What I got instead, however, was a wonderful down-to-earth adventure film, with a great story and brilliant action sequences that move along rapidly and smoothly despite the three-and-a-half hour run-time, along with an unsurpassed amount of character depth.

Revitalized and revolutionized the action/adventure genre. Well-deserving of all its praise.

Kurosawa ought to be its own category. This is one of the greatest films of all time. #14 on IMDB.

Kurosawa's masterpiece in my opinion.