SAMURAI DUEL SCENE - SEVEN SAMURAI - AKIRA KUROSAWA- FOOLISH SAMURAI DUELS WITH REAL STEEL SHOGUN
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- From award winning director, Akira Kurosawa - the famous sword fight scene from Seven Samurai. This film predated the US version "The Magnificent Seven" and its later remake. At over three hours long, this is one of Kurosawa's most lengthy films. In this scene, a couple of Ronin (samurai without a lord or master) are hired by a village of farmers because they need protection from local bandits. Thy hear a commotion nearby and investigate, hoping to recruit more samurai. They witness a duel between two swordsmen who initially duel with bamboo sticks. One of the duelists declares that the duel with sticks was a draw, to which the other swordsman says that if it were real steel that he'd be dead. This offends the one samurai who challenges him to a duel with real swords to the horror of the two samurai who are watching. Their skill is such that they can determine who has the better skill from the bamboo stick duel even though it only involved one slash - in the world of Samurai sword fighting, the contests usually are over in one stroke as opposed to the thrust and parry of western sword fighting.
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The calculating and relaxed attitude the man has says everything you need to know.
Kurosawa often directed actors to adopt a certain body language appropriate to the character, and to almost make it exaggerated in a way, you can see that in how Mifune's character Kikuchio moves, his movements are always big, he has a certain swagger to his walk, every little movement tells you about the character. It's the same with Kyuzo, but it's almost the exact opposite of Kikuchio, his movements are decisive and swift, from the way he talks to the way he walks, the way he runs, there's no exaggeration, it's pure efficiency. His almost expressioneless face tells you he has nothing to hide, he doesn't need to pretend, he knows exactly what he is and what he's capable of. These two characters were always the most memorable to me because of how they embody almost completely opposite traits.
Greatest Samurai movie of all time. And this is the best duel in a samurai movie that I've ever seen. So realistic.
The samurai merely sidesteps the braggart's blade and then sweeps his own blade down his body with no doubt
devastating effect.
@@poetcomic1 Absolutely. In fact, he did exactly what he did during their “bamboo” duel, knowing full well that his opponent would simply repeat his brazen charge from the first time
I know I'm bringing up Star Wars but this is very similar to the final Kenobi vs Maul fight. Wisdom, experience, and bearing win out against bravado and anger.
Нереалистично. Человек стоял как вкопанный какое то время потом плашмя упал. Такое может только при поражении сердца и его мгновенная остановка. Тут удар в сонную артерию скорее всего. Человек не умрёт так быстро.
@@poetcomic1 And then he holds the block septime just in case.
Its the birds and the background that makes it for me. The attention to detail made me feel like it was filmed in feudal Japan
Yeah you're right. I lived for a few years in Japan. Spent the whole time fishing down the river. That there was the sounds of Japan as I know it. Autumn comes spiders in Osaka, but. Horrifying infestations amongst the blackberry.
Not sure what are you on. Birds are everywhere
@@captainp.2721 it's the background noise. Adding nature to the scene made it felt more immersive.
@@cykrya5156 no it doesn't. Birds are everywhere. If I watch a scene outdoors I damn well except some bird noises. If there's none, then that is weird and strange. You don't watch any old movies? All of them have birds in them and? This is cinema why tf are we talking birds as they are the greatest thing? They are birds. How about you talk about something more important like plot, dialogue etc?
The birds are an effect added in post to give the scene more immersion. They didn't need to add it. It's inclusion gives character to this scene. You really wanted to make a point of "Uhm, actually 🤓" so bad you have soured others experience at appreciating good cinema.
Re-evaluate yourself and your hubris, lad, then come back and maybe us actual lovers of cinema will be interested to hear your opinions and not to be bludgeoned by your unwelcome attempts at shaming people for expressing a thought.
Kyuzo was my favorite. I was heartbroken when he died.
The death of Kyu-zo implies the change of ages...sword vs gun, the year described was ”Tensho Era” which is 1586AD.
(The Western Matchlock guns had been introduced to Japan in 1546.)
Even a fine sword master cannot beat those guns/rifles.
@@stjmp2203as it should
yep, but don't spoil the movie!!!
He was modeled after Musashi.
@@pablopiblito7955 Don't spoil the 70 year-old movie?
I love Akira Kurosawa's films and this is one is simply art
What do you like about them
What the fuck is art in it?
@@kipidappappap314
Shut up and go watch my little pony.
This REAL art here is for adults and not for sissies
@@kipidappappap314 incredibly immersive period setting, innovative filming techniques (in an action movie for that matter), masterfully told story and inner dignity with which characters face conflict. Although if you didn't see it on first watch, probably won't see on second.
i was wondering myself. it's 1954, release year. yeah , just that @@kipidappappap314
There is a reason why this long-ass movie is taught in all film-making courses and analyzed by all top directors and filmmakers. Ageless classic perfection.
Hard to believe considering what they produce today.
It's not that long
@@osodeanteojosyt it's freaking long
@@osodeanteojosytit's not that long compared to ghost of tsushima i suppose
this guy invented the action genre, and every film he made is a study. I remember growing up watching westerns and someone told me the Eastwood man with non name series was inspired by Kurosawa. Saw Yojimbo first and it became and always will be my #1 movie
This video cuts this scene a little bit, to its detriment. There's a really tense build-up as soon as the bandit draws his steel, and Kyuzo (the samurai) draws immediately, slowly advancing on him. The bandit, attempting to dispel his mounting panic, rushes the samurai. Those few tense seconds really, REALLY enhance this scene.
i don´t think the other guys was a bandit. he was a ronin like Kyuzo.
This is the only 4 hour long movie in which you don't get bored for even a minute
This only clocks about three hours. Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet reaches four and does not get boring.
Kurosawa's films are as much art as story telling
And fine study of human character ❤️
Storytelling is art.
Kurosawa was a professional painter for several years after graduating from school.
Without this movie, the Magnificent 7 wouldn't exist
Magnificent 7. Poor, bad, ugly, 🤮🤮🤮🤮
amazing how much you can make with almost nothing but a talent, story and dedication
That´s three huge things still :) When even one is missing you have nothing in a film :)
Boxoffice ¥210 million ($580,000). And its in old currency, inflation calculator to today over $5m
I agree with Your comment and it's message fully, but if anyone got that talent i sure hope they sure figure out a way to get half a milli:)
This film had a massive budget for the time.
Seven Samurai was shown in a small 'art house' movie theater in L.A. James Coburn loved it so much he saw it four nights in a row. The swordsman was his favorite character and got the similar role with his knife in Magnificent Seven.
Thanks so much for this. I always loved James Coburn, and now I love that he loved one of my favorite films.
James Coburn was the man, I loved his role in Duck you sucker from Sergio Leone, set during the mexican civil war. A crepuscolar western movie, with horse, wagons, cars, motorbikes, armored cars and machine guns. Also worth noting is the wonderful Ennio Morricone's sondtrack
That last exchange is much better than many samurai movies today.
How many of these movies are even being made today.
See this really drives home how close the Magnificent Seven was made from this.
"You lost."
Gojira was also made the same year at Toho. Even had Takashi Shimura as a lead. What a blossoming of cinema in Japan!
This is one of the greatest movies of all time. I have lost count of how many times I have seen it but would watch it again as many times.
Seven Samurai is one of my favorite films - thanks!
One of the greatest movies, by one of the greatest directors.
Remove both the "one of"s, and change the remaining nouns to be singular ;)
@@romilrhit's pulp fiction for me tho
I found the character of Kyuzo as one of the most interesting in the movie. He was a man of few words who gave nothing away about himself but in battle he was deadly. James Coburn tried to recreate the character in The Magnificent Seven but came nowhere close to Seiji Miyaguchi's poker-faced assassin.
Great appreciation for the cinema of Akira Kurosawa. Greetings from Poland. Japan is a wonderful country and culture.
I like the movie, but I am not so impressed with Japan or its culture. The nanking massacre by the Japanese and similar atrocities are why.
@@loquat44-40 There is an absolute need to recognize atrocities although completely disregarding the culture of a nation for one is kinda dumb imo. By that case just disregard almost every culture. Chinese culture? Out the window. Russian culture? Out the window. Most European culture? Out the window. A lot of African culture. Out the window. Pretty much every culture known to man? Out the window.
@@GuyWithInternet. I said: I am not so impressed with Japan or its culture BS '' and did not as you said: ''although completely disregarding the culture of a nation''
@@loquat44-40 Seen this way, every country has something on its conscience. There are no perfect societies.
@@adamandruszkiewicz2526 Perfect societies? Not that I know of since they would be destroyed by those that are not perfect.
Seven Samurai set the stage for future Hollywood film where a hodge podge of characters come together for a mission
Смотрел этот фильм раз 20. Есть вся фильмотека на дисках Акиры Куросавы. Спасибо за напоминание надо пересмотреть. Всем советую ещё один фильм этого режиссера "Дерсу́ Узала́» ( デルス・ウザーラ) - советско-японский художественный фильм. Всем привет из России из Сибири. I've watched this movie 20 times. There is an entire film library on Akira Kurosawa discs. Thanks for the reminder to reconsider. I recommend to everyone another film by this director, "Dersu Uzala - a Soviet-Japanese feature film. Greetings to all from Russia from Siberia.
My father and me went seeing it. It was not at the Cosmos that was the Soviet theater in Paris but I do not remember the theater. But I do remember the movie! Magnificent, pure, beautiful! The meeting of the poetry of Kurosawa and the gorgeous landscape of Siberia to tell a man s friendship! This movie saved Kurosawa who was depressed at the time.
@@khaelamensha3624 , Greetings dear stranger. I am glad for your reply. If you get ready, then come to Siberia to visit. There is no bad attitude towards foreigners here. If it's always summer in Thailand. We have Four seasons. Summer, spring, autumn, winter. Always in a new and interesting way.
That little sinewy man is my favorite character in Shichinin no Samurai.
This is really one of the best scenes ever committed to celluloid
The best "recruiting-team" film.
文学座で久保田万太郎劇にもっともふさわしいと思った宮口精二に、こんな剣豪の役を振った黒澤は天才。ちなみに剣道未経験者
The coolest character of the whole film.
I call him the Professional.
Фильм смотрел 100 раз
Часто пересматриваю эту сцену.
That one samurai who was observing knew which of the two dueling samurai was better
Funny enough if you slow the footage down the idiot actually won the first duel. You can see his bokken makes first contact
@@nikosfilipino True. But Kyuzo (the winner at the end) could see beyond the immediate results of the sparring session, as could Kambei Shimada (the bald one).
You will see upon replaying the first and final duel that both fighters start and finish at the same positions, with one notable exception. The brash samurai is equally brash in his fighting style, his overly aggressive charge is easily sidestepped by Kyuzo, a master martial artist through and through whom adopts the principle of expending the least amount of energy possible to achieve the desired result. This even extends to him even forgoing the energy to utilize that side step (or give away the technique, depending on your view), as in his mind, the potential for him to have won was inevitable. In fact, it was so matter-of-fact, Kyuzo says just as much to his opponent who is an amateur and blind to these facts. In fact he takes Kyuzo’s frankness as an insult, leading to the declaration of using real swords. Kambei, being an experienced warrior himself, of course understands all of this even from a distance and is flabber-ghasted at how this is even happening considering how uneven the skill levels are. Having been pushed into this duel, despite him calling out to his opponent to see reason, Kyuzo ends up demonstrating why his opponent would’ve died in their first duel in the only he could that would convince his opponent…
@@Jkim890 I get what you're saying, but there's still an issue there that's always bothered me. Kyuzo was clearly the far better swordsman, so you can argue that he didn't bother to take that extra side-step or that he chose not to take it in order to not give the technique away, and that he did so because he knew how subsequent duels would go, but that still means he lost the match. He could (rightly) argue that he would win subsequent matches based on his experience, or that he would have won the first match if he'd been taking it seriously/using real swords, but the reality was that he didn't (the opponent's wooden sword hit first or roughly the same time). So by declaring that it was his victory in the first match, instead of a draw (or his loss), he was basically baiting his simple-minded opponent (who didn't realize the difference in their skill) into fighting him for real, because he only knew what he saw (that he didn't actually win the first match).
@@justinchu7641 Maybe he was trying to purposefully bait him. He did outright try to discourage his opponent not to "throw your life away," but perhaps this is a ploy to antagonize his opponent further. There isn't much direct proof that points to either. However, the opponent's choice to protect his pride and validate his win was his choice and his alone. This was again, despite Kyuzo's direct declaration of his reluctance to do so. Whether through a sense of justice, foolish ignorance, or both, the only thing that mattered in the end was that he gambled on proving his point with potentially his life.
I argue that makes Kyuzo not just a better swordsman, but a better man as well.
@@Jkim890 Better swordsman for sure. The bar for "better man" is certainly pretty low, given that the other guy was a simpleton that was willing to either kill somebody or die pointlessly over a disagreement over who won the match. That said, I'm not sure taking advantage of someone so simple minded by baiting them into a deathmatch (that they're sure to lose) using their ignorance and ego really qualifies as something that makes someone a "good man".
Imagine a child walks up to an adult master and asks for a sparring match. The master goes easy on them (obviously), and the child thinks they did relatively well. Is it proper then to rub it in the child's face that if they were fighting for real the adult would have won easily? If he does, and the child insists that they fight for real, to the point where he attacks the adult master, and the adult master hurts him (because again, he's a child), who is more in the wrong? The child is stupid and ignorant for sure, but the master should have known better and not allowed themselves to be drawn to that level.
It's extraordinary, I love this film, one of the best for me who loves samurai and this style of fighting is kenjutsu, kendo?
A little late but is Kenjutsu, in fact this fight it's based on a fight of Yagyu Jubei of the school of Yagyu Shinkage Ryu
No cgi no special efx just men fighting like men😊
their EFX was having an extra with a wooden block under his shirt so when they shot him with an arrow it would be realistic. The scene where Toshiro Mifuni falls off the horse is an inside joke, as Mifuni was a master with the bow from horse back.
This film was the first one I seen of Kurosawa’s works and it was amazing
One of the greatest movies ever made..!!! ❤❤
It's interesting to know that the actor for ”Kyu-zo the cool sword master”, Mr Seiji Miyaguchi didn't know much about acting a sword fighting.
That's what Mr Miyaguchi said in an interview. (I'm a Japanese and own a DVD box set)
An even funnier part is that Toshiro Mifune WAS an accomplished swordsman and equestrian by the time this film came out.
@@cedrickulacz8468
Then the character he played was rode around by an uncontrollable horse
@@samuraijackoff5354 yup. XD Cuz he was playing the comic relief in what was otherwise a rather dark and pessimistic film (then again, this IS Kurosawa after all.)
Seiji Miyaguchi-san also appears as a minor character in the late 1970’s miniseries Shogun. As do many other house Toho actors first seen in Seven Samurai.
@@cedrickulacz8468it's actually normal, you have to be an expert to pretend to fight or ride badly without killing yourself.
Meanwhile a bad swordsman can just do the choreography by wrote. It takes an ameture to look like an expert, and a master to play a fool.
This movie is the Citizen Kane of action
The recruitment scenes are the best parts of the movie.
This film not only ”predated”, was the original, the American copies are only sketchy copies, without much substance.
Let us not forget the Seven Samurai's impact on Pixar's "A Bug's Life". Think about it:
The peasants (ants) are terrorized each year at harvest time by bandits (locusts). They send someone (Flik) to the nearest village, who recruits samurai ("Warrior Bugs" - LOL), to follow him back to his village to help fight off the bandits (locusts). When the samurai ("Warrior Bugs") arrive, everybody in the village initially hides from them. Eventually, the village and the samurai ("Warrior Bugs") prepare to defend their village. When the bandits (locusts) return, they all fight together, to drive them off once and for all. (OK, Pixar wasn't about to have the ants slaughter all the locusts; it's a kid's movie already).
Am i high wtf am i reading
@@danielvandam 🤣
The order is...
Seven Samurai (peasants seek samurai to help with bandits)
Magnificent Seven (peasants seek gunfighters to help with bandits)
Three Amigos (peasants mistake actors for gunfighters to help with bandits)
A Bug's Life (ants mistake actors for warriors to help with grasshoppers)
I thought i was the only one who thought this. Freaky hivemind moment
Best film ever.
Why re-edit this iconic scene? It’s perfection in its original form - why have you messed with it like this?
Thought the same. At first the drawn out, stale moment where Kambei later says "its proposterous", made me feel bored and awkward too. Just later into the movie (and more so, its analysis and rewatch) made me realise thats exactly why it's good.
Are they serious about that steel swords? Did the ronin shit his pants? Is Kyuzo actually not that good? Whats going on it's making me uncomfortable... and then the lightning fast resolution. No dramatic fight scene, the guy talks and walks, then he shouts and he's no more now. Like actual sharp edge, unarmored melee combat was.
Now it's one of my favorite scenes, very important for me emotionally. I would never have that if I wouldnt rewatch, rethink it. Thats why in modern, overstimulated tiktok era works of art like Shichinin no Samurai are unique and not likely to reappear in our lifetimes.
Nice edit. The one samurai was a fool
a waste of life, no matter whose, like any waste is irrational and to be avoided, if possible: great philosophy here
Perfect cut Ya
what a movie, piece of art 🎭
The stance is perfect
looks like a mind game.
a wise samurai
A little late but I haven't seen anyone who mentions it and a lot of people is talking about Musashi. This fight it's based on a fight of a samurai named Yagyu Jubei of the Kenjutsu school of Yagyu Shinkage Ryu. This Samurai is the son of Munenori Yagyu, right hand of the Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa. (My english grammar is not the best, sorry if something is bad written)
二人とも綺麗な構え。
The guy attacking was actually hitting first the first time around, so respect to the king for capping like a champ.
上手いねぇ 腰が据わっていてきれいだ
Without Kurosawa, George Lucas might not have had the inspiration for Star Wars
Its crazy to think Star Wars might not exist the way we know it today if Seven Samurai doesn't exist
@@Jogyot3260 I don't think Seven Samurai inspired George Lucas to make a Star Wars film, but another Kurosawa film called "Hidden Fortress"
@@vrachannel7093
Right. R2D2 and C3PO.
And if it weren't for WW1 German sturmtruppen there wouldn't be Stormtroopers but another version of the bad guys
And X-Wing flying down the trench wouldn't exist if it weren't for Operation Dambuster Raid
So many historical stuff been taken for Star Wars which is amazing
Now I gotta watch more Kurosawa movies
George Lucas's first pick to play the character that became Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars was Toshiro Mifune. He passed on it. Then George offered him the character of Darth Vader. Tosh passed on that too.
This seems to be a lot more realistic to what an actual samurai fight was rather than the ones you see in movies with 1 minute fight scenes. Pretty sure fights were ended relatively quickly with only a few swings. Surprisingly, Samurai were known more for the bow and the spear over the sword for centuries. I had no clue.
Kyuzo remains vigilant and keeps his eyes on his opponent, even at the moment when he sees him fall.
❤
Samurai
“Aaaaaahhhhhhh ow!” *dies*
Back in the day when anything was possible
He really was being modest but sometimes wanting to be superior due to pride or arrogance really shows how little was needed to make the outcome certain.
A great theatric scene but that guy really was asking for it
@@coreydailey4939 because it would help the other guy learn humility and to better himself next time. To someone like his attitude who wouldn’t be so modest or mature. He would lash out believing in a lie because he can’t accept the truth
@@coreydailey4939 he goaded it himself by not looking at an alternate viewpoint from a very skilled samurai. If he weren’t so irrational he would have politely conceded to the statement and question why is it so and how
for those who dont know, the final maul vs kenobi duel in rebels was based specifically on this classic 50s sword fight and you can see hints of it in the duel
i can definitely see this, maul is the foolish samurai, even kinda just charges in like maul did while obiwan stood still and parried/slashed at maul downward, similar to here
@@1jidion yep
@@1jidionNo, Obi Wan provoked Maul into using the same technique he finished Qui Gon with by assuming the same stance and then countered Maul's attack with a lethal riposte. Maul was just as strong as Obi Wan, while Kyuzo is clearly way more capable than his opponent.
All of Star Wars is based on Samurai movies.
@@mikethaison432 not all of them
I'm watching this after playing Ghost of Tsushima for the first time and loving it and now trying the "Kurosawa mode"😂
Um dos que ficaram nas minhas lembranças de infancia
The earliest version of “F around and find out.”
F()ck with the bull, you get the horn.
One of my fave films.
yep i didn't believe at first The Magnificent Seven copied this Masterpiece thats why it became succesful.
When the late director John Sturges saw this film. did.he thought to himself "I want make an American western based on this film. He directed the 1960 film "The Magnificent Seven".I await your reply.
"Nah, I'd win"
Interesting. In slo-mo, at first glance, it looks like the "foolish" samurai struck first. But if you go frame-by-frame, it appears as though the older samurai fully struck literally a fraction of a fraction of a second faster which would mean he would've wounded or killed the younger samurai before the older samurai was struck with any meaningful blow. Akira Kurosawa was a cinematic genius.
弓蔵一番かっこいい
He kept his spacing...
That one samurai was such a dunce
Movies like these make me understand why scorcese said that the marvel movies and shit are not real movies. Pure art.
Seiji Miyaguchi appears with Toshiro Mifune in the 1982 movie The Challenge.
Yas🥰👊💪
宮口精二の役は、後年の「荒野の七人」のジェームスコバーンの役だったような？「七人の侍」のシーンで一番好きな場面です。
To me, katana swords are the greatest weapons
Well, the more adapted to their environment and time. In Europe, katana almost do not stand a chance against rapière and dagger. There is no ultimate weapon. But I agree katana are beautiful weapons
What more can one say about this movie? Maybe the most moving part of the movie to me was when the samurai consulted the old man at the mill. I have the Criterion set and will probably watch it again this weekend. The sword play is authentic, the stances are authentic, the body postures are authentic, they are the only true martial arts movies. Kung Fu movies are not authentic at all. I never tire of this movie and many others of the samurai genre.
The most moving part for me was when at almost the end, the last bandit is killed and Kambei remarks to his friend Shirchiroji, "Again - we’ve survived." It references an earlier conversation recounting how they were on the losing side in the last battle they were in and barely survived. Amongst all the carnage, these two old soldiers once again have cheated death and they know it.
Lần đầu xem!Tôi nghĩ bất kỳ tài năng nào cũng cần luyện tập!
Seems like it’s defender’s advantage when it comes to this style.
真剣同士の闘いは一瞬で決まるが深手を負っても即死には至たらず絶命するのは急所を突き刺すしかない。時代劇のように真剣を振り回し斬り倒す事など出来ない。
Его самолюбие не дало ему сказать "я проиграл". Поэтому он произнес "ничья". Но в обоих случаях его ждала смерть. Второй же выбрал жизнь. И остался жив.
真劍勝負!
Kyuzo … the best of them all, by far …
I am old enough to realize that the ""idiot samulai""actor is good.
This movie illustrates the class caste system of feudal Japan
How so? I haven't seen the movie, so can you explain without spoilers?
@@Will_JC An overarching theme of the movie is the struggle between three distinct classes of society: the peasant farmers, the samurai (specifically masterless wandering ronin samurai, which is what most of the 7 samurai qualify as) and the bandits.
Overstated shit
I think they actually coaxed that samurai unnecessarily to his death. The match with the bamboo sticks looked really close, at least he should've given him a rematch with the bamboo sticks instead of provoking him to fight with real swords to his death. Looking back at this scene it doesn't give off a vibe of moral superiority from the quiet sword saint character.
The ragged samurai believes that because they drew with wood that they would draw with steel.
He didn’t anticipate that Kyuzo would just, y’know, sidestep his strike had they been using steel.
This has been brutally edited down. The original sequence shows a slow build up to the inevitable: this man, Kyozo, is a badass and Kambei needs him on board!
Love the use of close up only on the punch line i won
This case - a duel with bamboo swords - if we watch it in slow motion, the fighter on the left won. The First cut his opponent's left arm.
:)
Семь самураев!!!
Странно. Но в детстве когда было мне менее 10лет этот фильм очень нравился мне. И очень нравился герой хвастливый самурай
Someday the mainstream media will make the samurais that certain race. No honor duels, "You got me fk up" and "I aint playing you" type duels.
What a fool, he could have been gracious and admit defeat. Its not honor that killed him but pride, the blade just finished what he started.
NANI!!!!!
Where would The Magnificent Seven be without Seven Samurai?
It wouldn’t exist for starters.
Guy took out a niner and popped him
So in real life also they fall in slowmo like those in anime.
Understood !!!!
In my version, they both chop each other's arms off. As they're lying on the ground, the fella with the mutton chops says, "I told you it was a f... draw."