> Adam Wathen wrote:
>
> > (see MAGNIFICENT SEVEN which is a
> > great western from Japan!)
>
> More precisely, an american remake of a great western from Japan, Kurosawa's
> SEVEN SAMURAI.

Perhaps he was referring to the fact that _Shichinin no Samurai_ was
released in some markets as _The Magnificent Seven_, at least according to
many sources today.

Scott

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