“This has been called the greatest Japanese film ever made, and so it is....It is one of the most influential films ever. From any angle you choose -- scripting, storytelling, acting, directing, camerawork, editing -- this film is a masterpiece. Every element in it is superlative.... You could take any four minutes of this film, anywhere in the picture, and find more concentrated filmmaking than you'll find anywhere else in cinema."
–Stephen Prince, from the Commentary on the Criterion edition of Seven Samurai