Quote Originally Posted by chaouki View Post
and now as you mention it...i have seen "ran" couple of years ago, back then i bought it after watching "last samurai" because i thought it would be another samurai film with nice fighting scenes. when watching it i grew a bit frustrated because it was such different than expected, much more theatre play than movie play, but still liked it.
Kurosawa's films have never been about swordplay and fights etc, but I see your point.
Quote Originally Posted by chaouki View Post
one of the films i'm desperatly waiting for to watch is "seven samurai", always wondered what it was since seeing it up there in imdb's top 250
A true Kurosawa epic, try to get the full unabridged version.

Also have a look at Yojimbo, Sanjuro and The Hidden Fortress.

Watch out for the dodgy pirate versions of Kurosawa movies sold on ebay (usually from China). Many of them have poorly translated subtitles, bad sound/picture quality and are not worth the money no matter how tempting they may seem.

I have several of the BFI (British Film Institute) editions and they are very good all round (If you can get them in your country).