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The single largest undertaking by a Japanese filmmaker at the time, Seven Samurai was a technical and creative watershed that became Japan's highest-grossing movie and set a new standard for the industry.

Its influence can be most strongly felt in the western The Magnificent Seven ( 1960 ), a film specifically adapted from Seven Samurai.

Director John Sturges took Seven Samurai and adapted it to the Old West, with the Samurai replaced by gunslingers.

Many of The Magnificent Sevens scenes mirror those of Seven Samurai.

The film spawned several sequels and there was also a short-lived 1998 television series.