num_pages: 266
description: These three screenplays are based on Kurosawa's shooting scripts. "Ikiru "(1952) tells the painful and intimate story of a Japanese civil servant coming to terms with old age and death. In "Seven Samurai "(1954) the inhabitants of a small Janpanese village employ a roaming band of samurai to defend them. In "Throne of Blood" (1957), based on "Macbeth," a samurai is encouraged by his wife to kill his lord.This edition also includes a critical introduction to each screenplay.
title: The Seven Samurai and Other Screenplays
titlecomplete: The Seven Samurai and Other Screenplays
genres: Japan, Drama, Plays, Japanese Literature, Fiction, Film
ratings_count: 104
publisher: Faber & Faber