is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa.
The film was the second-highest grossing domestic film in Japan in 1954.
Mifune later recalled that he had never been so cold in his life. Through the creative freedom provided by the studio, Kurosawa made use of telephoto lenses, which were rare in 1954, as well as multiple cameras which allowed the action to fill the screen and place the audience right in the middle of it.
It was Japan's third highest-grossing film of 1954, exceeding the ticket sales of Godzilla the same year.
Japanese ticket sales are equivalent to gross receipts of at an average 1955 ticket price, or equivalent to an inflation-adjusted at an average 2014 Japanese ticket price. Overseas, the box office income for the film's 1956 North American release is currently unknown.
Japanese ticket sales are equivalent to gross receipts of at an average 1955 ticket price, or equivalent to an inflation-adjusted at an average 2014 Japanese ticket price. Overseas, the box office income for the film's 1956 North American release is currently unknown.
That is to say, it is a solid, naturalistic, he-man outdoor action film, wherein the qualities of human strength and weakness are discovered in a crisis taut with peril." In 1982, it was voted number three in the Sight & Sound critics' poll of greatest films.
Similar edits were distributed around the world until the 1990s; since then the complete version is usually seen. ===Home media=== Prior to the advent of DVD, various edited versions were distributed on video, but most DVDs and Blu-rays contain Kurosawa's complete original version, including its five-minute intermission.
In the Sight & Sound directors' poll, it was voted at number ten in 1992 and number nine in 2002.
This adds up to at least $833,533 grossed in the United States. Other European re-releases between 1997 and 2018 sold 27,627 tickets. ===Home media=== As of 2017, Seven Samurai is the best-selling [video] title ever released by the British Film Institute. ===Critical response=== On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a perfect approval rating of 100% based on 85 reviews, with an average rating of 9.6/10.
In 1998, the film was ranked at number five in Time Out magazine's Top 100 Films (Centenary).
In 2000, the film was ranked at No.23 in The Village Voice's 100 Greatest Films list.
The film's 2002 re-release grossed $271,841 in the United States and $4,124 in France.
At the 2002 Kurosawa & Mifune Festival in the United States, the film grossed $561,692.
In 2002 Sight & Sound critics' poll the film was ranked at number eleven.
In the Sight & Sound directors' poll, it was voted at number ten in 1992 and number nine in 2002.
Since 2006, the Criterion Collection's US releases have featured their own exclusive 2K restoration, whereas most others, including all non-US Blu-rays, have an older HD transfer from Toho in Japan. ===4K restoration=== In 2016, Toho carried out a six-month-long 4K restoration, along with Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952).
57 on the list of "100 Greatest Films" by the prominent French magazine Cahiers du cinéma in 2008.
Seven Samurai has also been ranked number one on Empire magazine's list of "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010. Kurosawa both directed and edited many of his films, including Seven Samurai.
It also ranked number seventeen on the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, in both cases being tied with Kurosawa's own Rashomon (1950).
It also ranked at number seventeen in 2012 Sight & Sound directors' poll.
In 2012, the Motion Picture Editors Guild listed Seven Samurai as the 33rd best-edited film of all time based on a survey of its members.
Japanese ticket sales are equivalent to gross receipts of at an average 1955 ticket price, or equivalent to an inflation-adjusted at an average 2014 Japanese ticket price. Overseas, the box office income for the film's 1956 North American release is currently unknown.
Since 2006, the Criterion Collection's US releases have featured their own exclusive 2K restoration, whereas most others, including all non-US Blu-rays, have an older HD transfer from Toho in Japan. ===4K restoration=== In 2016, Toho carried out a six-month-long 4K restoration, along with Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952).
Other examples of films that reference Seven Samurai include the Australian science fiction film The Road Warrior (1981), Mani Ratnam's Indian films such as Thalapathi (1991), the Bollywood film China Gate (1998), the American comedy film Galaxy Quest (1999), and the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven. ==Remakes== Its influence can be most strongly felt in the Western The Magnificent Seven (1960), a film specifically adapted from Seven Samurai.
This adds up to at least $833,533 grossed in the United States. Other European re-releases between 1997 and 2018 sold 27,627 tickets. ===Home media=== As of 2017, Seven Samurai is the best-selling [video] title ever released by the British Film Institute. ===Critical response=== On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a perfect approval rating of 100% based on 85 reviews, with an average rating of 9.6/10.
Seven Samurai pachinko machines have sold 94,000 units in Japan , grossing an estimated . Director Zack Snyder said, "Bruce [Wayne] is having to go out and sort of ‘Seven Samurai’ the Justice League together” in the 2017 film Justice League.
It was also voted the greatest foreign-language film in BBC's 2018 international critics' poll.
This adds up to at least $833,533 grossed in the United States. Other European re-releases between 1997 and 2018 sold 27,627 tickets. ===Home media=== As of 2017, Seven Samurai is the best-selling [video] title ever released by the British Film Institute. ===Critical response=== On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a perfect approval rating of 100% based on 85 reviews, with an average rating of 9.6/10.
In 2018, it was voted the greatest foreign-language film of all time in BBC's poll of 209 critics in 43 countries.
In 2019, when Time Out polled film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors, Seven Samurai was voted the second best action film of all time. ==Legacy== Seven Samurai was a technical and creative watershed that became Japan's highest-grossing movie and set a new standard for the industry.
As of 2020, this version has not been released anywhere on home video. ==Reception== ===Box office=== Seven Samurai was well received by Japanese audiences, earning a distribution rental income of , within the first twelve months of its release.
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