NEW YORK — Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. But despite its age, the vitality and fleet-footed movement of Kurosawa’s epic is still breathtaking. To ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Released in 1954, this three-hour, 37-minute black-and-white film has no CGI, no sequels and no franchise behind it. Even so, ...

Few movies have been more influential than “Seven Samurai,” an existential action film directed by Akira Kurosawa that, at longer than three hours, seemingly muscled its way into existence. “Seven ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "I had heard something about it," quipped the Japanese filmmaker. During the 1981 interview, Kurosawa discussed the violence in ...

Countless films and filmmakers have been influenced by auteur filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s body of work, especially his 1954 epic “Seven Samurai.” The film, which celebrated its 70th anniversary last ...

1954 was a great year for the movies. Legends like Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, and Federico Fellini were all hard at work, redefining the art form in unique ways. Likewise, some of the most ...

Released in 1954, this three-hour, 37-minute black-and-white film has no CGI, no sequels and no franchise behind it. Even so, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai sits at No. 2 on Rotten Tomatoes with a ...