9.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Seven Samurai (1954)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 9.2
Overview
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film balances themes of class struggle and exploitation with an emphasis on traditional values, duty, and hierarchical leadership, ultimately focusing on universal human struggles rather than promoting a specific political ideology.
The film features casting that is entirely consistent with its historical and cultural setting in feudal Japan, without engaging in modern diversity-driven recasting. Its narrative focuses on themes of duty and survival within a traditional societal structure, without critiquing traditional identities.
Secondary
Seven Samurai is a historical epic that does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is solely focused on the samurai's defense of a village and the dynamics between the warriors and farmers, without exploring aspects of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" is a historical epic set in feudal Japan, focusing on a group of samurai protecting a village. The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, nor does it explore gender identity or transition in its narrative.
The film does not depict any female characters engaging in direct physical combat. The narrative focuses on the male samurai and villagers defending against male bandits, with female characters primarily in non-combatant roles.
Seven Samurai is an original story, not an adaptation or reboot of pre-existing material with established characters. All characters were created for this film, thus there is no prior canonical gender to be swapped from.
Seven Samurai is an original Japanese film from 1954. Its characters were created for this film and were not established as a different race in any prior source material, historical record, or previous installment. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.6
8.5
Critic Ratings
10.0
9.8
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