Review of the movie Seven Samurai

I recently watched a movie called Seven Samurai, a 1950's japanese movie with english subtitles. The story is about a small village trying to fight local bandits with the help of seven samurai. The villagers come to know that the bandits are planning to rob the town once they get the crop the year later. Three villagers set their journey to a town to find samurai to help them defend their village.

Some things are really interesting in the village like, when the whole village, men, women and children, gather at the center of the tiny village and start crying with their heads down and body crumpled when they find out that the bandits are going to steal everything they have, very soon. And also, when they don't have the money to hire samurai, they go on, to find a hungry and strong samurai with a bag of rice to offer him. Even though they are hungry, they cannot eat the rice. They face a lot of humiliation in their quest to find the samurai when the villagers have nothing to offer except a bowl of rice.

And finally when they find the samurai, some of the local villagers are worried that their daughters may fall in love with the samurai. It is surprising that they are worried about the pain caused by a small prick when their head is under the axe.

Later, it is revealed , that the villagers once killed many samurai who came to their village and now the same samurai are sacrificing their lives to help these villagers. And there comes the difference when the wise men forgive the ignorant and help them. Through out the movie the seven samurai always remain cheerful and in good spirits and support the village.

Some of my favorite quotes in the movie

"Haven't you seen anyone cut wood before?
Not with such enthusiasm,
Thats my nature! "

"I've got nothing out of fighting
I'm alone in the world"

"If you treat him as an adult, he'll grow into an adult"

"The one that gets away always looks good"

I felt like the director took his time in showing every detail which makes the movie so interesting and touching. Finally, the movie remains on my top list with extraordinary ratings.

Here is a clip from the movie and remember it is 1950's movie.