Editing Seven Samurai (section)

===Set design===
Kurosawa refused to shoot the peasant village at [[Toho Studios]] and had a complete set constructed at [[Tagata District, Shizuoka|Tagata]] on the [[Izu Peninsula]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]]. Although the studio protested against the increased production costs, Kurosawa was adamant that "the quality of the set influences the quality of the actors' performances... For this reason, I have the sets made exactly like the real thing. It restricts the shooting but encourages that feeling of authenticity."<ref name="robnixon">{{cite web|last=Nixon|first=Rob|title=Behing [sic] the Camera of the Seven Samurai|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/191474%7C0/Behind-the-Camera-Seven-Samurai.html |access-date=April 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706060910/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/191474%7C0/Behind-the-Camera-Seven-Samurai.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
He also spoke of the "intense labour" of making the film: "It rained all the time; we didn't have enough horses. It was just the kind of picture that is impossible to make in this country."<ref name="richiedonald">{{cite book|last1=Richie|first1=Donald|url=https://archive.org/details/filmsofakirakuro0003rich|title=The Films of Akira Kurosawa|date=1996|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0520200268|edition=3|location=Berkeley|page=[https://archive.org/details/filmsofakirakuro0003rich/page/107 107]|url-access=registration}}</ref>