{"id":9291,"date":"2013-07-09T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T05:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=9291"},"modified":"2015-06-05T15:39:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T14:39:25","slug":"les-sept-samourais-dakira-kurosawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2013\/07\/09\/les-sept-samourais-dakira-kurosawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Sept Samoura\u00efs de Akira Kurosawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Les Sept Samoura\u00efs<\/em> (<em>Shichinin no samurai<\/em>, 1954) ressort demain sur les \u00e9crans fran\u00e7ais en version restaur\u00e9e int\u00e9grale, distribu\u00e9 par Le Pacte \/ La Rabbia. <em>Les Sept Samoura\u00efs<\/em> demeure sans doute le plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre film d\u2019Akira Kurosawa et de tout le cin\u00e9ma japonais. C&rsquo;est \u00e9galement un chef-d&rsquo;\u0153uvre \u00e9pique dont la grande bataille sous la pluie constitue un mod\u00e8le insurpassable, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de celle d<em>&lsquo;Alexandre Nevski <\/em>d&rsquo;Eisenstein. On aurait tort de r\u00e9duire le film, en raison d&rsquo;une version tronqu\u00e9e qui fut longtemps l\u2019unique montage visible hors du Japon, \u00e0 la seule dimension de western f\u00e9odal glorifiant les samoura\u00efs, le cin\u00e9aste \u00e9tant lui-m\u00eame un descendant de cette caste. Le film dans sa dur\u00e9e int\u00e9grale de 200 minutes restaure la valeur humaniste r\u00e9elle de l\u2019art de Kurosawa. <em>Les Sept Samoura\u00efs<\/em> est un sommet du film d\u2019action et d\u2019aventure, mais cette aventure est avant tout morale. Le c\u0153ur du film n\u2019est pas le code d\u2019honneur des samoura\u00efs, mais le choix de la cause des paysans. Ces derniers sont d\u00e9sign\u00e9s \u00e0 la fin du film comme les v\u00e9ritables vainqueurs de la bataille, tandis que les samoura\u00efs survivants, habitu\u00e9s aux d\u00e9faites et \u00e0 l\u2019oubli ne peuvent que constater le caract\u00e8re d\u00e9risoire de cette victoire qui ne fait paradoxalement qu\u2019ent\u00e9riner leur d\u00e9clin. Comme \u00e0 son habitude, Kurosawa dresse un tableau de la condition humaine, aussi ma\u00eetre de son art dans les sc\u00e8nes d&rsquo;action que dans les moments comiques ou intimistes. \u00c0 cet \u00e9gard le personnage de Kikuchiyo est le plus embl\u00e9matique du film, car il est \u00e0 la fois paysan et samoura\u00ef, l\u00e2che et courageux, ridicule et grandiose, dr\u00f4le et tragique. Toshiro Mifune, et dans un registre plus sobre Takashi Shimura, acteurs f\u00e9tiches de Kurosawa, livrent des peformances inoubliables. \u00c0 deux reprises Kurosawa utilise un discret ralenti de l\u2019image lors de sc\u00e8nes de morts violentes. Ce sont les premiers exemples marquants de cette figure de style pour filmer l\u2019action, et des admirateurs de Kurosawa nomm\u00e9s Sergio Leone et Sam Peckinpah s\u2019en souviendront dans leurs films. Il suffit de voir et revoir l\u2019immense <em>Sept Samoura\u00efs<\/em> pour d\u00e9plorer l&rsquo;appauvrissement du mat\u00e9riau original auquel se livra John Sturges dans son remake am\u00e9ricain <em>Les Sept Mercenaires<\/em>, anc\u00eatre des \u00ab\u00a0blockbusters\u00a0\u00bb actuels.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9293\" style=\"width: 1849px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2013\/04\/6773-star-wars-akira-kurosawa.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9293\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2013\/04\/6773-star-wars-akira-kurosawa.jpg\" alt=\"Les Sept Samoura\u00efs\" width=\"1839\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2013\/04\/6773-star-wars-akira-kurosawa.jpg 1839w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2013\/04\/6773-star-wars-akira-kurosawa-393x280.jpg 393w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2013\/04\/6773-star-wars-akira-kurosawa-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2013\/04\/6773-star-wars-akira-kurosawa-580x412.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1839px) 100vw, 1839px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Les Sept Samoura\u00efs<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les Sept Samoura\u00efs (Shichinin no samurai, 1954) ressort demain sur les \u00e9crans fran\u00e7ais en version restaur\u00e9e int\u00e9grale, distribu\u00e9 par Le\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":9292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - 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