Comments on: The Seven Samurai – Kyûzô the Swordsman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/the-seven-samurai-kyuzo-the-swordsman/ Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Phil Berardelli https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/the-seven-samurai-kyuzo-the-swordsman/#comment-80476 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:31:52 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=21235#comment-80476 In reply to wodun.

They do — you just have to keep an eye out for them. For example, in 2006, for the 50th anniversary, the movie was re-released at the L.A. Film Festival and did a limited national theatrical tour, including the AFI Silver theater in Silver Spring, Md. It included a new print and, more important, a brilliant new set of subtitles that deepened and intensified the story. I’m not sure, but I think you can view that version on the Criterion Blu-ray release.

]]> By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/the-seven-samurai-kyuzo-the-swordsman/#comment-79510 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:17:09 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=21235#comment-79510 Instead of remakes, they should do re-releases. At least in the case of movies like this one.

]]> By: Phil Berardelli https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/the-seven-samurai-kyuzo-the-swordsman/#comment-79462 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:58:59 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=21235#comment-79462 What’s possibly most amazing about this great film is that Hollywood was able to appropriate it skillfully to make a great western. That scene precedes the duel in “The Magnificent Seven” between James Coburn with a knife and an angry but stupid man with a gun. I love both movies, but this one requires great patience. Kurosawa took his time unfolding the tale, and when death strikes, as in this scene, it’s subtle as well as final.

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