"Seven Samurai" (Shichinin no samurai)
It's taken a long long time for me to get around to watching Akira Kurosawa's most masterful works. I've started with this one. What a truly powerful film!
Plot: A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.
Note: This film's plot was re-worked and Americanized in Hollywood, and became the basis for the classic western "The Magnificent Seven")