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On May 10, 1996 six people died trying to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. These people were parts of two expeditions that were in the Himalayas, preparing to ascend the summit for six weeks. The first group was under the direction of Rob Hall, who had put 39 paying clients on the summit in five years. Hall was considered the leader of the mountain and the man to see no matter what the discrepancy. Group two, headed by Fisher, who like Hall, was trying to start a profitable business in providing

As a part of the marketing team for the commonwealth games hosted in Glasgow in 2014, I have decided to market in Australia. I have chosen Australia, on account of them winning the event 11 times. Personally, I think they will have a larger a fan base due to the fact they are favourites of winning the event once again. Another reason to why I chose Australia is by virtue of them having a longstanding relationship with Scotland. In 2011 a census was carried out and 103,204 citizens where Scottish

Canvas Post 10: Japan Japanese film went through a huge expansion prior and during WWII, but remained isolated within the countries film industry until after the war. With the help of the Edison Kinetograph, the first viable motion-picture camera, Japanese film went through a more violent and sexualized period. This “primitive” movement, powered by Kabuki Theater, occurred because of the popularity and influence of the older, more revered style (Cook 565). Kabuki plays were “highly stylized and

In the classic film Seven Samurai, Akira Kurosawa, one of Japan’s most famous and influential directors, delves into the world of samurai during the Sengoku period. Kurosawa has inspired many filmmakers, and the themes and story of Seven Samurai can be seen mirrored in films. In the film, Kurosawa paid special detail to small details important to Japan’s history and culture, both past and present. Seven Samurai follows the struggles of a small village of farmers plagued by seasonal raids and looting

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. Recognized early in the film is the brave and

5. How does this text relate to the concept of belonging? The film ’47 Ronin’ is strongly related to the concept of belonging. As the viewer is taken through the film, they will be lead down the path of belonging and not belonging and how this concept changes over the course of the film. In the beginning of the film, Kai (Keanu Reeves) is found at a river protruding from the Tengu forest where the Tengu Demons reside. He was discovered by a hunting party consisting of Lord Asano and his samurai

Akira Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai" (1954) is not only a great film in its own right, but the source of a genre that would flow through the rest of the century. The critic Michael Jeck suggests that this was the first film in which a team is assembled to carry out a mission-an idea which gave birth to its direct Hollywood remake, "The Magnificent Seven," as well as "The Guns of Navarone." "The Dirty Dozen," and countless later war, heist and caper movies. Since Kurosawa's samurai adventure "Yojimbo"

Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai and John Sturges' The Magnificent Seven 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. One

Lawren Harris was a Canadian artist who was born in Brantford, Ontario in the year of 1885. Lawren Harris plays a very important role in art history as he was one of the best known landscape painters as well as the leader of the Group of Seven. The group of seven began in the twentieth century and is a group of artists who were brought together by the common interest of art. These men today are Canada’s most famous artists as their works symbolizes Canada’s identity. Lawren was also the founding member

Reason's true object is reason itself. Reason never simply deals with physical or historical objects as such.it manifests itself in culture and nature. World/Universe Everything in the universe was created simultaneously by God, and not in seven calendar days like a plain account of Genesis would require but the six-day structure of creation presented in the book of Genesis represents a logical framework, rather than the passage of time in a physical way - it would bear a spiritual, rather