Seven Samurai
"Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980) is an American science fiction film directed by Jimmy T. Murakami and produced by Roger Corman. The film, intended as a ""Magnificent Seven" in outer space", is based on the plots of "The Magnificent Seven" and "Seven Samurai". The movie acknowledges its debt to "Seven Samurai" by calling the protagonist's homeworld "Akir" and its inhabitants the "Akira".