Seven Samurai at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, on Saturday 2 November. Akira Kurosawa's legendary tale of seven warriors who are hired to defend a poor village from bandits returns to the big screen with new restoration.
Akira Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI, one of the greatest action films ever made, reaches its 70th anniversary this year. Now newly restored in 4K, overseen by Toho Co. Ltd, Japan, its restoration world premiere was at the Cannes Film Festival 2024.
When 16th-century farmers whose village is repeatedly attacked by bandits ask an elderly masterless samurai (Takashi Shimura) for help, offering nothing but food in return, he hesitantly agrees, and assembles a band of warriors to defend and train the villagers. Boasting terrific performances, particularly from Shimura and Toshirô Mifune as a peasant masquerading as a samurai, the film has superb camerawork and expertly mounted battle sequences.
This screening will have a five minute intermission.
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