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The epic movie Seven Samurai directed by Akira Kurosawa follows the troubles of a defenseless village with farmers which live in continuous fear of looting bandits. An expert samurai comes to help the defenseless village after the farmers request for protection from the looting bandits. He groups six other samurais to assist him to teach the villagers how to defend themselves against bandits and in return the villagers provide three meals a day to the samurais. One fine day after the bandits attack the village the villagers seek the wisdom of an elder who tells them that they have to find men with weapons who can help them as they cannot afford for purchasing weapons. They luckily find one expert samurai who is a good hearted person. This samurai agrees to assist them and groups six more samurai who can help him fight the bandits and free the village from them. This movie concludes in a massive combat when forty bandits attack the village. Even though the movie runs for three hours, the story relics constantly appealing and gradually heightens the anxiety while offering drama, comedy, character and action development. A monumental accomplishment in cinematography, Akira Kurosawa?s Seven Samurai is a cinematic excellence in almost every portion, offering the making it?s much earned grade as one of the best movies ever produced.

?Psycho? is a horror/suspense movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock and the story is based on the novel written by Robert Bloch. The movie portrays the encounter between the motel owner and a secretary who hides at the motel after he cheats from her employer. Marion Crane, the secretary is fed up with the way she is being treated in the life. Once, Marion Crane is handed 40,000 dollars to cash it in the bank by her employer. Seeing an opportunity to take the cash and begin a new life, Crane leaves the town and flees away. Tired from the daily hectic work, Marion Crane drives away and is caught in a storm while she is on the main highway and so she pulls into a motel The Bates. Marion Crane meets Norman Bates the manager of this motel who is a troubled young man who seems to be obsessed with his mother. After meeting Norman, Crane goes to her room and takes a relaxing shower after a long day?s journey. The inaccessibility of this motel suits Marion Crane?s intentions perfectly. What happens next is the real suspense of the movie. ?Psycho? was the first real horror movie directed by Hitchcock where the disturbing movie?s themes of corruptibility, human vulnerabilities and confused identities are being depicted. This was a low budget movie which was brilliantly edited and was a stark black and a white movie of that time.