The final sequences in both The Magnificent Seven and Seven Samurai share many similarities, yet display significant differences. For the purposes of this essay, I will focus on the differences portrayed. The final sequence in Seven Samurai begins the night before the final showdown between the Samurai along with the farmers and the brigands. This sequence begins with the rain falling at night and continuing throughout the battle. In The Magnificent Seven the final sequence begins with the gunmen's decision to return to the farming village to fight the bandits.
In The Magnificent Seven the gunmen are escorted out of the village after the farmers give them up to the bandits. Although the farmers had sold them out, all of the gunmen except for Harry decide to return to the village, carrying individ
Both films show characters stating that the farmers are the ones who have won. In Seven Samurai it is said by Kanbei, leader of the Samurai, and by the old man in The Magnificent Seven. Kanbei's realization that the Samurai could not win carries a feeling of bitterness, portrayed by the camera's focus on the burial mounds of the Samurai who had been killed. This notion of the Samurai losing is also depicted by Katsushiro not persuing his love for Shino. Chris's realization that the old man was right, that the farmers had won and that the gunmen have lost and will always lose carries a feeling of acceptance as he and Vin begin to ride away from the town. While Katsushiro does not stay with Shino, Chico, the youngest gunmen, returns to his roots as a farmer and stays with the girl in the village. Thi
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