I originally watched this years ago due to the George Lucas Star Warsisms, and it was the first Kurosawa movie I had seen at that stage (Hong Kong kung fu movies were my thing). I thought it interesting enough to continue to watch other Kuorwasaw movies and branch out a bit to other samurai movies (with Throne of Blood, Seven Samurai and the Zatoichi movies becoming available over here in Oz). With my recent Asian movie rewatch I've grown a…