Edited sentence: Consider that the nation had lost everything in the course of fighting World War II.In implementing that history the filmmaker also happened to produce film and plot devices that have stood the test of time.It should be noted that the film carries an unquantifiable significance for the Japanese people at the time of its release.Japan had plenty of room for a film holding up a Japanese warrior as a symbol of bravery, strength, and moral clarity, and this film must have filled that need.Similarly but to a much, much lesser extent, in the wake of the American withdraw from Vietnam in the 1970s.Star Wars filled the same void we in the US were looking for at the time.The Seven Samurai depicts classic heroes and noble values from Japan's own history