Seven Samurai Rekaan Akira Rosawa Film Released In Japan In History Today, April 26, 1954

The portrait of the seven samurai who became characters in the film Seven Samurai (1954). (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA History today, 69 years ago, April 26, 1954, the film by Akira totalsawa, Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai) was released in Japan. The film tells the story of a farmer village that hires seven samurai against bandits to get a lively welcome.

Previously, Akira was known as one of the directors who colored the golden age of Japanese cinema. He was able to present films that discussed the contemporary Japanese issue. The results were brilliant. Akira's name rose and had an influence on the world's cinema.

Akira Korusawa's love for the world of cinema is second to none. The man who was born in Shinagawa, March 23, 1910, was influenced by his father. His father is open to western traditions, even though he has blood from Samurai descent.

His father's view of watching movies is a fun activity and has important value. This condition made him often invitemasawa to watch movies. Whenever there is free time, he takes him to the theater from the age of six.

This childhood memory made Korosawa grow up as a fan of the art and film world. Akira also began to formally explore art at the Academy of Fine Arts. However, he did not feel at home and immediately applied to the film company Toho and accepted.

The certainty of careers in the world of cinema was then inserted through the film Sanshiro Sugata (1943). His first work related to self-search through judo self-defense. Akira did not necessarily feel satisfied. He began to re-investigate contemporary issues in Japan.

The goal is to adapt it in the medium of film. His career skyrocketed. Ichiban Utsusushiku (The Most Beautiful) film about three female workers is present. The films then opened up Akira's thoughts to other films.

He continued to work. Even though his storytelling style is often accused of being in the same direction. Akira didn't care and proved herself that she was able to make the best films.

When he was told to write an essay about: A fundamental problem in Japanese cinema and its breakdown. Akira only wrote: If the problem is too basic, it is impossible for adjutant to cure medicine. Akira was accepted by Toho. For five years he learned to write a screenplay and editing from the famous director Kajiro Yamamoto, "said ERADICATE S. Chudori in his article in Tempo magazine entitled 'Kaisar' (1991).

Akira started working on his new film, Seven Samurai. He tried to make a film that tells the story of a village in 16th century Japan. The village is trying to fight the attack on bandits. Farmers then took the initiative to hire seven samurai.

The seven people are required to save the village. Akira then tried to explore by forming a detailed character for each samurai. Because, he comes from a family of samurai descent. The script writing process also summarized within six weeks.

The shooting process to the'sew' stage of the film didn't take long. Almost a year. The old process was because Akira needed accuracy in his film this time. Ulam's beloved trio arrived. The film Seven Samurai was finally released in Japan on April 26, 1954.

The film received a lively welcome in Japan and the rest of the world. In fact, the film inspired a lot of western directors to contain similar films.

Seven archers, bows and arrows with different courage and personality, are ready to fight 40 bandits on a horse as they descend from the hill. But in a simple framework and familiar storyline, director Akira has kept a lot of wealth."

"He started the film in great detail, which brilliantly illuminated his character and the type of action that involved them. He has loaded the film with an unusual and interesting picture in a tough and realistic western style," said Bosley Crowther in his writing in The New York Times newspaper Screen: Japanese Import (1956).