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Seven Samurai DVD Britain '2001: A Space Odyssey' and'Seven Samurai' Director: Akira Kurosawa (1954) BFI DVD Japanese w English subtitles Includes 'The Art of Kurosawa' (47mins) and essays booklet An undisputed classic compelling and entertaining. A wandering ronin is engaged by a village to help protect them form cruel looting bandits who periodically attack. He gathers six other samurai to help in the cause. Though the locals are initially wary the warriors begin to train them and a bond forms.