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  The Seven Samurai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Later, when the samurai find out what the villagers are really like and think of rebelling against their clients, the clownish samurai Kikuchiyo turns around and shows his real intelligence by convincing his fellow warriors of their need to fight for their clients.
This sequence is something of a personal apology from Akira Kurosawa, speaking as one of samurai lineage, to the descendents of the farmers and civilians of Japan for the centuries of suffering they endured at the hands of the samurai class.
The Magnificent Seven and its many unrelated "sequels," Battle Beyond the Stars, and The Wild East are all remakes of The Seven Samurai set in Mexico, space, and the post-Soviet countries, respectively.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Forty-seven Ronin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (became ronin) after their master was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official who had insulted him.
A Satsuma man, passing by, was infuriated by this behaviour on the part of a samurai - both by his lack of courage to avenge his master, as well as his current debauched behaviour.
The samurai had followed the precepts of bushido (by avenging the death of their lord) but also defied shogunate authority (by exacting revenge which had been prohibited).
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Forty-seven_Ronin   (3478 words)

  
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 ExEAS - Syllabi
One is the transformation of the samurai estate from the elite ruling class into the dominant force in the modernization of Japan in the Meiji period (1868-1912), and then into a powerful legend and ideology that continues today to have a widespread influence both in Japan and throughout the world.
“The Forty-Seven Samurai: Arguments,” in Sato, Legends of the Samurai, pp.
“Yamamoto Tsunetomo: Hagakure,” in Sato, Legends of the Samurai, pp.
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 Anime News Network - Samurai Seven on IFC and Animania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
9474), will have the U.S. TV premiere of Samurai 7 on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 9:00 pm ET as part of the channel's new Wednesday "Animayhem" block.
The cable TV premiere of Samurai 7 will air on IFC on Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 10:30 p.m.
This article is a follow-up of: Samurai 7 on IFC and Animania (2005-12-30 19:49:17)
www.animenewsnetwork.com /article.php?discuss=8431   (128 words)

  
 The Seven Samurai - Quotations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Seven Samurai (1954)

The Seven Samurai (七人の侍 Shichinin no samurai, 1954) is a movie by Akira Kurosawa, starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune.

Since they do not themselves know how to fight, they hire seven ronin (lordless samurai) to fight for them.
The Mighty Warriors Who Became the Seven National Heroes of a Small Town
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