[Pride in the USA]

Yes, Hollywood is remaking Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece, "Seven Samurai." It is being made by Harvey Weinstein and is only slightly updated according to press releases. Most of the fight scenes are done using CGI. Akira Kurosawa, on the other hand, always sought to achieve what he called "immaculate reality," which will not be accomplished using CGI. The mounted fight scenes in "Seven Samurai," many of which are shot close up, are nothing short of brilliant. For more really amazing mounted archery scenes in cinema, see Akira Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress" where famed Japanese actor (and Kurosawa's favorite leading man), Toshiro Mifune, does some amazing mounted archery work. He was a graduate of the Japanese archery school, Takeda School of Archery.

"The Takeda archery school was begun earlier by Minamoto Yoshiari in the 9th century at the command of Emperor Uda. This school became known as the Takeda school of archery. The Takeda style has been featured in classic samurai films such as Akira Kurosawas Seven Samurai (1954) and Kagemusha (1980). The famed actor of many samurai films, Toshiro Mifune, was a noted student of the Takeda school."

[lonevoice]

Great info, thanks! Kurosawa and Mifune. The world will probably never see the likes of their film magic again. There's a really well-done article about Japanese horseback archery here: Traditional Japanese horseback archery

Yabusame Ritual Mounted Archery