A 16th century Japanese village is the main setting for this 1954 foreign film classic
[DOC] [TLE] Kurosawa Akira - All about Oscar [PAR] first Japanese film director to win international acclaim, with such films as 
Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne ... to Yamamoto 
Kajiro, one of Japan's major directors of World War II films.