欧美电影简介：《七武士》

日本一个满目荒凉穷山恶水的山村里，每年麦收的时候，都会遭到强盗的袭击。这一年，村民们决定雇佣七名武士来保卫他们的村庄和收成，七名武士分别是勘兵卫、久藏、胜四郎、五郎、七郎、平八和菊千代。武士勘兵卫是个步伐矫健、作战经验丰富的人，他负责指挥全村人进行防御准备。强盗来偷袭了，武士久藏和菊千代杀死三名强盗。但武士平八却倒下了。武士和村民们手握铁锹、木棒死守村庄，志乃和武士胜四郎这对恋人却在仓房中互诉衷肠。天亮了，13名强盗骑马冲入村庄，格斗中，强盗杀死了武士久藏和五郎，又杀死了菊千代全家。菊千代怀着愤怒和仇恨杀死了最后一个敌人，自己也倒地而亡。强盗终于被尽数歼灭了，村民们也付出了很大代价，七名武士中阵亡四名，枯山上竖起了无数新的墓碑。

Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese adventure drama co-written, edited¹, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film takes place in 1587 during a time when many states in Japan were at war. It follows the story of a village of farmers that hire seven masterless samurai (ronin) to fight bandits² who steal their crops. The film was the first samurai movie that Kurosawa ever directed. He had originally wanted to direct a film about a single day in the life of a samurai but later discovered in his research a story about samurai defending farmers. The film was originally going to be called Six Samurai until Kurosawa decided³ to create a seventh character who was a little different and had an appealing, zany personality.

 

Seven Samurai is described as one of the greatest and most influential⁴ films ever made. It is one of a select few Japanese films to become widely known in the West and was voted onto Sight & Sound's list of the ten greatest films of all time in 1982. It ranked #1 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010. It was the single largest movie ever made by a Japanese filmmaker at the time and was a technical and creative masterpiece. At 207 minutes long, it was the longest picture of Kurosawa's career. Its influence can be clearly witnessed in many Hollywood movies that have been made since, especially those that have a group of heroes all fighting for the same cause.

 

1 edited   

编辑( edit的过去式和过去分词 )； 剪辑（电影、录音磁带、无线电或电视节目、书等）； 主编（报纸、杂志等）

参考例句：

• I know that this draft text will need to be edited. 我知道这篇草稿需要校订。
• All references to the scandal were edited out of the tape. 所有涉及这件丑闻的内容都从录音带中删去了。

2 bandits   

土匪，强盗( bandit的名词复数 )； 盗匪； 盗贼； 草寇

参考例句：

• After a few hours of fierce fighting,we saw the intruding bandits off. 经过几小时的激烈战斗，我们赶走了入侵的匪徒。
• The bandits struggled to tear her away from the safe. 匪徒使劲想把她从保险柜跟前拉开。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。