Rated 4.6 out of 5 This iconic film has adored Spielberg and Tarantino for 70 years!

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece, Seven Samurai will hit theaters in a restored version on July 3.

The feature film, which has inspired many directors including Steven Spielberg (the opening scene of Saving Ryan), Quentin Tarantino (The Dirty Eight), Clint Eastwood (Ruthless) and George Lucas, has also been selected as a Cannes Classics at the next Cannes Film Festival. .

Released in theaters in December 1955, Seven Samurai won the Silver Lion at the 1954 Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for its sets and costumes. Rated 4.6 by the press and 2.8 by AlloCiné, the feature film is one of the most famous Japanese films in the world.

It was also the subject of an equally acclaimed remake, Seven Mercenary director John Sturgess. The western adaptation of Kurosawa’s film stars Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn and James Coburn.

Seven Samurai, played by Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Keiko Tsushima, is set in medieval Japan in the late 16th century. The peace of a small Japanese village is disturbed by repeated attacks by a group of robbers. Seven homeless samurai agree to protect the helpless peasants.

The film is the third collaboration between them Akira Kurosawa and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto, considered one of the greatest Japanese screenwriters of the 20th century. In addition to Seven Samurai, the latter collaborated with Kurosawa on Rashômon (1952), Vivre (1952), Living in Fear (1955), The Hidden Fortress (1964), and The Spider’s Castle (1966).