Rashomon or Seven Samurai? - Rashômon (1951) Discussion

[–] Rozmarin 18 years ago

Rashomon.

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[–] kkennedy123 18 years ago

seven samurai just barely over rashomon but stray dog is my favorite

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[–] SirMoUK 18 years ago

Rashomon for me as well.

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[–] kkennedy123 18 years ago

a combination of elements, first of all noir is my favorite type of film, and this is almost perfect noir. Mifune is one of my favorite actors and his performance in Nora Inu is (to me) his best. the sense of desperation and fear he provides us with is just so believable, and also seing him mature as both an officer and a human being are just flat out moving.

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[–] bass1bone 18 years ago

Rashomon for me.

1. Rashomon
2. Sanjuro
3. Throne of Blood
4. The Bad Sleep Well
5. Yojimbo
6. The Seven Samurai
7. Ikiru

And those are all I've seen. Hey! Don't be so harsh, man....I've only just gotten into Kurosawa.

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[–] machinatmogsp 18 years ago

Seven Samurai, as it is probably my favorite film of all time.

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[–] UCHoodman 18 years ago

I really need to see more Kurosawa I've only seen two but I'm addicted
I'm not authorized for this argument however, as I've only seen Rashomon & Ran, of which I prefer Ran, though Toshiro Mifune kicks ass in Rashomon, the whole grandeur of Ran is better for me.

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[–] kafkaesque-panda 18 years ago

Seven Samurai, it's just perfect it's in combination of themes and ideas into one epic story. Rashomon is still a great film though.

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[–] kyuzo88 18 years ago

seven samurai is my favorite film of all time. Roshomon is one of my top ten (its my secound favorite kurosawa film.)

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[–] Egg_MacGuffin 18 years ago

Rashomon is the more revolutionary film and has a more interesting idea and structure, but Seven Samurai takes a simple idea as far as it can go into perfection.

I have more fun and more of an emotional involvement watching Seven Samurai.

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[–] Kinematico 17 years ago

IMO Rashomon is a better film than Seven Samurai.

But overall "Ikiru" is my fav movie from Akira Kurosawa.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well I have others

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[–] Sekraan 18 years ago

Seven Samurai

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[–] UCHoodman 18 years ago

Seven Samurai

for me I don like Rashomon as much as Ran or even Yojimbo, but I still like it way mroe than a lot of movies

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[–] Life_Finds_A_Way 18 years ago

Seven Samurai, its just flawless whereas Rashomon is a little tainty here and there, but still great :)

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[–] Trouter2000 18 years ago

Of Kurosawa's must-see pictures I would go in the following order of preference:

-The Seven Samurai
-Ikiru
-Ran
-Rashomon
-Throne of Blood

Those five I would probably consider his best, my preference to each is not a judgment of quality, only of which ones I prefer over others. I simply love all of Kurosawa though, and have yet to view one I did not like.

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[–] DeadDread 17 years ago

Rashomon!

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[–] metal_post_rock29 17 years ago

Rashomon's storyline is more interesting, although Seven Samurai is more enjoyable watching to, due to its amazing cinematography and epic battle scenes. Both are masterpieces, really.

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[–] saberhagen65 17 years ago

I'd go with rashomon here but i actully have a bigger love for Yojimbo and Dersu Uzala even if they werent as 'good' better per say. Yojimbo since my personal fav. movie was based off it (fistful of dollars) and i just really digged the oringanlity of Dersu Uzala.

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[–] rdthomp 17 years ago

Rashomon is very good, but this is my order of Top 5 must-see Kurosawa films.

-Seven Samurai
-Ikiru
-Rashomon
-Ran
-Drunken Angel

I have to rewatch Throne of Blood again-didn't see all of it.

I was a little underwhelmed with Ran...but I'll have to watch that one again. Wasn't as good as I expected, but still very good all the same.

"Give a wolf a taste of your hand and it'll ask for your leg." -Seven Samurai

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