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Undoubtedly one of Kurosawa’s finest masterpiece, Seven Samurai combines the jedi-geki (period film) with the chanbara (sword fighting film) and exhibits the richness of Japanese culture, particularly of the samurai. The cinematography as handled by Asakazu Nakai, captures a realistic portrayal of 16th century Japan through amazing shot compositions and mobile framing that has influenced many of today’s significant filmmakers and film art as a whole. In this essay, I will elaborate some of these cinematographic settings that has made Seven Samurai one of the most acclaimed motion picture of all time.
A defining feature of the film’s cinematography was Kurosawa’s use of the telephoto lens or long lens. ... In that scene, the first samurai, Kambei Shimada kills a thief and rescues a kidnapped child with Kikuchiyo looking. ... In both of the mentioned long takes, the mise-en-scene were stressed for dramatic and narrative effect; especially the performance of the actors: the fierceness and efficiency of the samurai in the former, and the depiction of Kikuchiyo’s monkey-like agility (maybe for comedic value) in the latter.
Approximate Word count = 695
Approximate Pages = 2.8
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