BFI Film Classics Seven Samurai (BFI Film Classics)
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
085170915X
ISBN 13
9780851709154
Category
Film History
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Publication Year
2020
Publisher
Pages
80
Subject
Shichinin no samurai (Motion picture) Motion pictures -- Japan. Kurosawa, Akira, -- 1910- -- Criticism and interpretation. Motion pictures. Japan.
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Abstract
In this work Mellen contextualizes the Seven Samurai, marking its place in Japanese cinema, and in director Akira Kurosawa's career. Mellen explores the film's roots in medieval history and the film's visual language.
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