The Samurai and farmers were once the backbone of J-society. Think about it... One is gone, the other, in the author's opinion is going to be gone soon. I find that disturbing, though the article ...

“Whoever heard of farmers hiring samurai?” asks the farmer who’s about to hire the samurai. Six decades later, everyone’s heard of Seven Samurai. The film’s outline is movie myth ...

Seven Samurai. Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him. Director Akira Kurosawa. Release Date April 26, 1954.

Seven Samurai is the genre-defining blueprint of "get a gang together" action movies. ... Gorōbei is moved by the plight of the farmers, and ultimately joins up because he likes Kambei’s vibe, ...