Listen, nobody’s saying that any of the Seven Samurai didn’t pull their weight ... When the sensitive and hair-triggered farmer Rikichi (Yoshio Tsuchiya) lashes out at a joke being made ...

and “Seven Samurai” would help reestablish it. This image released by Janus Films shows Takashi Shimura, left, and Yoshio Inaba in a scene from the 1954 film "Seven Samurai." (Janus Films via ...

Akira Kurosawa’s film 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.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...