I had to drag my two boys (9 and 14 at the time) kicking and screaming to see a 3 ½ hour, black and white 50-year-old Japanese movie about ancient samurai getting together to fight a common enemy.  After seeing the movie, they were Kurosawa fans for life. This is a masterpiece by Akira Kurosawa, one of the greatest film directors of all time, and this is his most famous movie. It’s on everybody’s Top 10 list (including mine). “Seven Samurai” is the perfect action movie, deep with characterization, meaning, a gamut of emotions, and—of course—great action. Plus an amazing, fiery performance by a young Toshiro Mifune as a Samurai wannabe. It doesn’t get better than this.