The films, “The Magnificent Seven”, and, “Seven Samurai”, essentially portray the same events in action, especially in the introductory scene. However, “The Magnificent Seven”, portrays the western version while “Seven Samurai”takes place in an eastern village. The films also choose a different order to show events and to go about each event. They do, however, portray the same basic idea: an innocent village faces bandits who have no intentions besides pillaging and stealing all belongings from the villagers, even if death of villagers must come from their intentions. The scene I have chosen to compare between the two films is the introduction scene. I have chosen to analyze and compare this scene from each film because while they show direct similarities in events as well as camera angles, the films differ in many ways as well. The scene in, “The Magnificent Seven”, begins with the bandits riding in on horses over a hill top towards a village to the tune of peppy western music. This scene is shot as a far away angle and is done so with no verbal communication, almost as if the bandits all have one common goal and they do not have to discuss with one another to know that is their intentions. This leads to the viewer being required to view the scene as a whole and consider what the intentions of these men must be and why they feel that way. When the men arrive to the village, the viewer is given little to no information regarding the village. The viewer then begins to wonder: “Who are these people?”, “Did they do something to deserve this?”, “Maybe they know each other personally.” The bandits then approach the villagers as if they “own the place”. They are asking for drinks, sitting down as they please, and even taking as they wish. The villagers seem to go along with this as though they are used to it and intend to fully comply. This can be seen through the conversation between the bandit and villager where the villager talks very quietly, slurring his words, and telling the bandit what he wants to hear. The bandits then begin to leave as a villager runs after the bandits with intentions of standing up to them, almost to be leading the village to rebell. The bandits quickly show they will not stand for this
The 1954 movie The Seven Samurai, directed by Akira Kurosawa, and its 1960 remake The Magnificent Seven, directed by John Sturges have many similarities; for example, the plot of both movies entails farmers hiring mercenaries to help fend off bandits that annually pillage their farms. The two movies also have differences like the characterization of the bandits in The Magnificent Seven as opposed to The Seven Samurai.
In about 1000 to 1600 CE in history two warriors were made with a different name and in two different countries. “More than a thousand years ago, a class of professional warriors arose, who swore oaths of loyalty to noble lords and fought to the death to defend them in battle” (Overview). The two warriors were samurai and knights. Samurais were fighting for Japan in the class of military retainers of the daiyomes while across the seas the knights were fighting on horseback in Europe. To keep order in the land both regions developed a system that historians called federalism.There were more differences than similarities and here are some reasons why the differences were greater than the similarities.
There was many great differences and similarities between samurais and knights. And today we are going to be figuring out which there is more differences or similarities between the two. One of the main and very noticeable differences between them is that the two are from different places one is from japan the other is from Europe. Causing different beliefs, fighting styles, and tec.
The similarities between samurais and knights were greater than the differences due to the similarity in the hierarchy and the armor they used to protect themselves. The Samurai were “warriors who owed loyalty and military service to daimyos for land or regular payment.” They made up about 10% of Japan’s population. Similarly, knights were “warriors who owed loyalty and military service to the lord for land.” (Document A) There were about 12,000 knights in England and Normandy, France in the 12th century. Even though Japan and Europe had no communication or access to each other, both areas placed the warrior classes in the middle of the hierarchy and owed loyalty/military services. This shows that the social order of both Feudal Japan and Feudal
According to documents and history , around 1,000 years ago there were two different societies, in two different parts of the world that had warriors with differences. During these times, there was an emperor and a king ruling their empire/kingdom. They both had warriors they would send out into the felids. These warriors were from Japan and Europe. Japan warriors were called samurai (class warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land) and Europe warriors were called knights(a noble warrior who fought on horseback in the Middle Ages). Samurai and Knight are more different than similar in three broad areas, training,armor. and their view of death.
Have you ever thought about being rich? How about finding gold where you least expected it to be? In the passages “Klondike Gold Rush” and A Woman Who Went to Alaska and City of Gold each author or narrator discusses the same topic which was that people went out on a challenging trip to find gold, but only some people were successful. In the two passages and the one video the authors or narrator were using different points of views. Each person’s point of view shapes the reader's understanding of the miners’ lives is because each person has there own situation, so they have to act and talk differently than some of the other characters.
Can you imagine a world without protection.In this essay we will discuss the differences and similarities between Knights and samurai.These are the three differences I'm going to talk about religious practices,views of women, and types of armor.
You are a child at the age of 17 being trained by your master. He has taught you many things. Soon you will become a samurai. How do you feel about becoming part of the Japanese army? The time of the knights and the samurai took place at the same time. These people served for their country to help provide protection from enemy armies. They both developed feudalism to keep the land in order. The three ways that the knights and the samurai are more different than the same are: Their code of honor, their type of armor, and their training.
Roughly in the years 1000 to 1600 CE there were Samurai and knights. They were two very different but very similar warriors. Samurai were the knights of japan and knights were the samurai of europe. Both made from a lack of army and government, both needing land or payment, and both giving their lives to their master. They look very different, but are they more similar than they seem? Keep reading to find out.
Have you ever thought about the legendary samurai and the amazing knights? Have you ever asked yourself which was better in a fight? From approximately 1000 to 1600 CE these two fierce warriors fought, the knights in Europe and the samurai in Japan. The similarities between the knights and samurai are greater than the differences because of their codes, how they prepared for battle, and feudalism.
There are many similarities between the samurai of medieval Japan and the knights of medieval Europe, especially considering their training, armor, and code. For example, Document A and B discuss the samurai and knights start their training at an early age, they also had training that taught loyalty, and finally they both got raked up when they were fourteen years old, but the knights became squires and the samurai in training became samurai. However, the samurai read poetry in hidden places, and they practiced Kendo and Zen Buddhism. According to Document A “The young warriors studied Kendo, the moral code of the samurai, and Zen Buddhism.” The knights learned horse skills when they were younger and how to ride a horse and pony at a young
The men reveal their true motives as soon as they walk around the village and begin to steal possessions, all the while denying their true actions as “stealing”. Despite the villagers’ hospitality these visits always follow a pattern. After meals are finished and drinks are sucked down Theft is their first and least serious offense. They start by walking around the village casually taking items as trivial as a cigarette, followed by a sly deceitful “thank you”. They will soon progress from pocket picking to looting homes taking whatever they please, without running into confrontation from the villagers. The men will always steal from the villages, ransacking pockets or houses taking anything from watches to women. The thefts come easily to the men because no one will ever dare to stop them.
An early scene shows the funeral service of villagers, many of them children, murdered by cartels. A sobbing villager’s interview tells how they were brutally beaten to death.
As the above quotation proving how critical it was for the farmers and the samurai to unite. Energizing the farmers was a hard task as they feared for their lives, however the samurai begun to teach the peasants how to fight and defend themselves, once again showing their loyalty. Kambei, kikuchiyo and kyuzo are three characters kurosawas gives specific bushido values too, while each influencing the movie greatly through the budido virtues. In Akira Kurosawa’s the seven Samurai (1954), Kambei’s character is created with unique characteristics so he can excel as a leader, therefore being the main character throughout the film. Kambei is given an early task of assembling a team of seven samurai to ultimately defend the famer’s village from bandits.
The director choose this specific subjects to demonstrate the Japanese culture and hierarchy grading system. The Seven Samurai represents the spirit and wisdom, loyal, optimistic, martial arts. The film