For his latest film “Highest 2 Lowest,” Spike Lee has turned to one of his influences, and one of cinema’s most iconic filmmakers, Akira Kurosawa, remaking his 1963 film “High and Low.” Kurosawa’s films have been remade almost as long as he’s been making movies, so “Highest 2 Lowest” enters a pantheon of Kurosawa remakes that go back seven decades. Here are some of the best, where to stream them, and how to watch the originals too.

Kurosawa’s iconic 1954 film “Seven Samurai” is easily his most remade film — at this point, it’s almost a meme to remake “Seven Samurai.” It’s the story of a village that hires a group of samurai to protect them from bandits that steal their harvest. Stream it on HBO Max or the Criterion Channel.

Just six years later, in 1960, John Sturges remade “Seven Samura

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