Did you also saw other movies of Kurosawa?? So much of his work is later used again by famous directors, the 2 protagonists in The Hidden Fortress (1958) are the inspiration for CP30 and R2D2! Lucas even used exactly the same background in a shot in Star Wars as Kurosawa used in The Hidden Fortress 
And A Firstfull of Dollars from Sergio Leone is just a remake of Yojimbo. Seven Samurai also had multiple remakes in Hollywood as a Western, and even a remake in Russia 
Sorry that i did not come back to this earlier.
Hidden fortress: i have to check that one out... .
I saw a few movies of Kurosawa, and the three best for me personally are Yojimbo, Seven Samurai and .. Throne of blood ( inspired by MacBeth ). I can recommend those three.
About 12 angry men: yes, RagingJenni, it is an awesome movie.. . :-)
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. And get flamethrowers maybe a bit earlier ? But hey, don't mind what i say, it was all good and the game was won. 
