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written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The story takes place in 1586 
during the Sengoku Period of Japanese history. It follows the story of a village of 
farmers that hire seven ronin (masterless ..... Winner - Best Foreign Director - 
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historical events ... based on the 13th-century knight William Wallace's fight for 
Scotland's independence. ... Title, Release date, Time period, Notes on setting 
...... The film is about Veronica Franco, a courtesan in 16th-century Venice who 
becomes... [DOC] [TLE] Seven Samurai - Willamette University [PAR] The major films that take the past as their subject....shift their focus away from the 
modern ... On it, samurai and village are represnted as graphic symbols, and the 
flag infuses ... 1954) came from Kurosawa's interest in making a new type of 
jidaigeki film. ... Set in the social chaos of 16th century Japan, the story (co-written 
by... [DOC] [TLE] Reviews of Seven Samurai - Willamette University [PAR] Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai, 1954 Japan 200mins) ... as for 2 British 
Academy of Film and Television Awards-Best Film and Best Foreign Actor (2 ... a 
poor farming village community in the sixteenth century Sengoku jidai [lterally, .... 
III and Johnny Guitar, of the international classics La Strada and Sansho the 
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Akira ... is set in the 16th century in a village in Japan, it could be transposed 
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setting. .... in particular to foreign film, which greatly influenced the future 
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of poor and beleaguered townspeople he depicts within the setting of the town. ... 
The premise: in chaotic 16th century Japan, as marauders threaten raid villages, 
one village ... In 1954, Kurosawa made foreign film history with Seven Samurai. [DOC] [TLE] Seven Samurai | Criterion Collection | Foreign ... - Classic Art Films [PAR] Jul 31, 2015 ... HOME Film Director's Akira Kurosawa Seven Samurai (1954) ... westerns, he was 
heavily condemned by the Japanese for being 'too western' ... Two of the main 
farmers named Rikichi and Yohei decide to go to the village elder, ..... action-
adventure epic about a sixteenth-century farm community led by a... [DOC] [TLE] Seven Samurai | East Asia Gateway for Linking Educators [PAR] The story is set during the civil unrest of 16th-century Japan, as the cowering ... 
star of Kurosawa's previous classic, Ikiru), the samurai form mutual bonds of ... 
The Seven Samurai is film from 1954 directed by the now legendary Akira 
Kurosawa. ... Eventually, seven samurai are selected to protect the village from 
the bandits. [DOC] [TLE] Kurosawa Akira | Japanese film director | Britannica.com [PAR] First Japanese film director to win international acclaim, with such films as 
Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), ... Kurosawa was also 
noted for his adaptations of European literary classics into films with Japanese 
settings. ... An adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear

Question: A 16th century Japanese village is the main setting for this 1954 foreign film classic
Answer: The Seven Samurai