In another film by this director, a man rests on a bed of flowers until he is startled by a girl with short hair who claims that she is a boy.
A film by this director ends with the protagonist and villain separated by wire mesh and a glass so harshly reflective, that when one of them speaks, the face of the other perfectly superimposes him. In another film by this director, a man rests on a bed of flowers until he is startled by a girl with short hair who claims that she is a boy. An executive postpones his takeover of a shoe company to rescue his chauffeur's kidnapped son in a crime film by this director. A film by this director ends with two of the title characters dying to (*) musket fire in a rainy battle, after which another wistfully notes, "The farmers have won, not us." In that film by him, which was given a Western adaptation called The Magnificent Seven, peasants hire the title soldiers as protection from bandits. For 10 points, name this director of High and Low and The Seven Samurai.
A film by this director ends with the protagonist and villain separated by wire mesh and a glass so harshly reflective, that when one of them speaks, the face of the other perfectly superimposes him.
Akira Kurosawa