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Seven Samurai

Poster for the movie "Seven Samurai"
Poster for the movie "Seven Samurai"

Seven Samurai (1954)

207 min - Action, Drama - 26 April 1954
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A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Director:  Akira Kurosawa
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Ran

Poster for the movie "Ran"
Poster for the movie "Ran"

Ran (1985)

160 min - Action, Drama, History - 1 June 1985
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With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

Director:  Akira Kurosawa
Writers:  William Shakespeare, Masato Ide
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