7 Samurai - 70th Anniversary Classic

Director: Akira Kurosawa (1954), Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Top 10 of BFI’s Sight and Sound 100 Greatest Films of All Time, subtitled, 3h 27m NR

This 4K restoration was shown at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. The film seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.  “Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai is not only a great film in its own right, but the source of a genre that would flow through the rest of the century.” —Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

This showing will happen in two parts: 
PART I – 1 hour 52 minutes (intermission music begins at 1 hr 46 min)
5 minute intermission
PART II – 1 hour 35 minutes

The Anniversary Classic series is sponsored by Les Apple & North Country Chamber Players.