Case in point why Seven Samurai is near-perfect: In any other film this would be a throw away scene to establish character of the "perfectionist samurai". Here, Kurosawa uses scene composition and minimal dialogue to perfection. The simple natural background sounds heighten the tension and gives the viewer an awestruck feeling at what they're watching. It's a very Japanese aesthetic to deliver simplicity with perfection. Kurosawa does this in just about every scene in the film.
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