7 Samurai

[Batz Kage]

Star Wars is based on Hidden Fortress.
It's funny seeing this thread after having watched Rashomon last night. I've seen a number of Kurosawa's classics and have enjoyed all of them a lot.
Something that's fun to do for a long evening is to watch Seven Samurai followed by The Magnificen Seven followed by Battle at the End of the Universe followed by Bug's Life. All four movies use essentially the same story line with The Magnificent Seven being the original.

If you enjoy Kurosawa's movies I also recommend checking out some of the Zatoichi movies that were made. They aren't as good as the Kurosawa flicks but still enjoyable.

I'd been told that about Star Wars, but my friend who told me that couldn't remember the name of the movie & another of our friends said that was BS; that some guy was jealous of George Lukas' greatness & made up that rumor..

As for Zatoichi, did they release a color remake or sequal in like 98?
I've seen 1 & 1/2 or two & 1/2 of them. My only complaint is that the fights are always;
three people rush in....they die.
three people rush in....they die.
repeat till al enemies are dead.