Akira Kurosawa Seven Samurai Influences
This is an edited version of a 2 part excellent documentary by student Kyle Forbes , please key in the words "Akira Kurosawa Influences and Influence part 1" in the search segment for the original.
It looks at the vast and varied inspirations of Kurosawa from director John Ford to Russians writers Dostoyevsky ; Tolstoy and Gorky as well as Shakespeare