Seven Samurai and Trek to Yomi

A great classic movie comes to life in a small indie video game. #cinema #videogame

Welcome back to Artcade, where inner peace is restored. But reading Artcade isn’t the only way to regain spiritual balance: you can practice a martial art consistently throughout your life or play a video game so good it puts a smile on your face. What’s the best way? I have no doubts about continuing to read Artcade, but the other two aren’t bad either. Try both. In the meantime, enjoy the read!

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None of us have ever met a samurai. I mean in real life. I can say that with almost complete certainty. Yet, we’re all very familiar with the figure of the samurai: a symbol of duty, discipline, and loyalty. Which also happens to be what it takes to be a butler. Of course, a samurai adds a hefty dose of swordsmanship to the mix. That’s why Akira Kurosawa directed Seven Samurai, not Seven Butlers.

To be precise, the samurai in the movie are actually ronin, meaning samurai who no longer have ties to a family and are free to take jobs from anyone who can pay. Like freelance journalists, but much better at killing—and therefore much more in demand.