A samurai runs toward the camera with a katana in Seven Samurai
A martial arts and katana instructor awards Seven Samurai a half-decent grade for its samurai realism. Directed by Akira Kurosawa and released in 1954, Seven Samurai tells the story of a band of samurai warriors who gather to defend a village from violent bandits.
“For those on horseback, the handling of the sword is important because you can’t cut the horse’s neck or reins. That is why they had to use a sword like this, so that it would not interfere with the neck of the horse in front of them. For those on the ground, it is disadvantageous to fight someone on horseback, so the best way is to drag them down with a tool like musha-otoshi as I mentioned earlier. The other way is damage the horse itself, something that makes the horse hurt and unsettled.
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