Kurosawa Samurai Collection (Akira Kurosawa) (DVD / Box Set)

Five classic samurai films by the legendary Japanese director, Akira Kurosawa. 'Seven Samurai' 1954 tells the story of a group of 17th-century warriors recently detached from the powerful masters who once paid them. Veteran samurai Kambei Takashi Shimura is the leader of the group hired by the residents of a village suffering at the hands of a marauding band of thieves. Five of his cohorts are trained warriors, but the sixth, Kikuchiyo Toshiro Mifune, is actually the son of a farmer, desperate to earn his spurs on the battlefield. The basics of the story served as the blueprint for the western classic 'The Magnificent Seven'. 'Throne of Blood' 1957, Akira Kurosawa's film version of 'Macbeth', transfers the action to medieval Japan. A samurai warrior Toshiro Mifune is urged to murder his lord Takashi Shimura and his best friend Minoru Chiaki by a forest spirit and an ambitious wife Isuzu Yamada. Kurosawa renders 'the Scottish play' through the conventions of traditional Japanese Noh theatre, creating what was reputedly TS Eliot's favourite film. The famous ending sees Toshiro Mifune caught under hails of arrows. Winner of the Best Director Award at the 1959 Berlin Film Festival, 'The Hidden Fortress' 1958 is regarded by many to be one of Kurosawa's finest, and has been acknowledged by George Lucas as the principle inspiration for 'Star Wars'. Set in 16th-century Japan, the story centres on rival clans, hidden gold and a princess in distress. Tahei Minoru Chaiki and Matashichi
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