http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2005/03/thoroughly_modern_millet.html http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2005/03/thoroughly_m... "In Akira Kurosaw

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2005/03/thoroughly_modern_millet.html http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2005/03/thoroughly_m... "In Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, a village of beleaguered peasants seeks to protect itself from marauding bandits by hiring a squad of samurai. To show their esteem, they offer up precious white rice to the warriors, saving only lowly millet for themselves. "