The Kurosawa Century #4: Civilization and Nature: Seven Samurai (1954) & Dersu Uzala (1975)

Seven Samurai (1954, 207 Minutes) The mystique of Seven Samurai continues to expand each decade. Kurosawa pushed the possibilities of cinema, a film with as much depth and insight into humanity on the same level with any work of great literature. All epic films stand in its shadow. Why is Seven Samurai a great film, maybe one of those films that should be launched into the stars as a future…