the story-tellers, part 38

the wild bunch directed by sam peckinpah, 1969  

ben johnson, warren oates, william holden, ernest borgnine 

the james gang

billy the kid, doc holliday, jesse james & charlie bowdre, possibly mexico, ca. 1879

the seven samurai directed by akira kurasawa

toshiro mifune, seiji miyaguchi, minoru chiaki, daisuke katõ, yoshio inaba, isao kimua & takashi shimura

bonnie & clyde

left to right: billie jean mace (bonnie's sister), clyde barrow, cumie barrow (clyde's mother) l.c. barrow (clydes youngest brother) botttom row: marie barrow (clydes youngest sister, emma parker (bonnie's mother) & bonnie parker, ca. 1932-1934

the magnificent seven directed by john sturges, 1960

robert vaughn, steve mcqueen & yul brynner

the wild bunch

 left to right: harry longabaugh (the sundance kid), ben kilpatrick (the tall texan), robert leroy parker (butch cassidy) standing: william todd carver (bill) & harvey logan (kid curry) by john swartz, ca. 1901

the dalton gang/the dalton brothers

emmett dalton, tim evans, bob dalton, gratton "grat" dalton & dick broadwell, ca. 1892

landscapes - akira kurasawa

rashômon,  1950

shichinin no samurai (seven samurai), 1954

kumonosu-jô (throne of blood), 1957

kagemusha 1980

ran, 1985

dreams, 1990

i must confess that kurasawa is one of my all time favorite directors - pure genius.

i left a lot of great films out.....but highly, highly recommend watching all his films.