Seven Samurai Seven Samurai (Hepburn: Shichinin no Samurai) is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai action film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. Taking place in 1586[a] in the Sengoku period of Japanese history, it follows the story of a village of desperate farmers who seek to hire samurai to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops. At the time, the film was the most expensive film made in Japan. It took a year

This is such a beautiful scene from ‘The Last Samurai’ (2003). Great acting by Tom Cruise and Hiroyuki Sanada, great directing by Edward Zwick and an absolute amazing soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. P.S: Only @TomCruise could make a movie where he is a samurai, and the last of them. Well, maybe Keanu Reeves. | History of Cinema