Seven Samurai - Joan Mellen (BFI Film Classics) Russia Starring Linda Manz

Starring Linda Manz

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Seven Samurai - Joan Mellen (BFI Film Classics) Russia Starring Linda Manz'Seven Samurai' by Joan Mellen (BFI Film Classics paperback) A celebratory study of Kurosawa's film from a writer with expertise in Japanese cinema and history. Mellen contextualises the film both in Japanese cinema and Kurosawa's career while exploring the story's roots in medieval history. She explores the masterful use of visual language to create an elegiac work.