In feudal Japan the daughter of a samurai, Oharu, falls in love with a man below her station. Expelled from the castle in Kyoto, her family tries to regain respectability but Oharu is forced into a new life as a concubine and then a fallen woman, ever hoping to preserve some semblance of purity in a corrupt world.
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THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
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A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves in return for three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village. Considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made and the inspiration for "The Magnificent Seven", to be enjoyed both by film buffs and action fans.
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