TheSeventhBulletisaSovietOsternfilmof1972directedbyAliKhamraev.InthesametraditionasTheWhiteSunoftheDesertandTheBodyguard,TheSeventhBulletissetaftertheRussianCivilWarwhichendedinthe1920swhenSovietpowerestablisheditselfinCentralAsiainthewakeoftheBasmachirebellion.Despitethisslightshiftinemphasisandapost-warsetting,TheSeventhBulletisclosertoatypicalwarfilmthanotherRedWesternsbecauseofaprominenceoftacticalresourcefulnessinthedevelopmentoftheplot.AlthoughofcoursethisisastapleofmanyAmericanWesternsfromJohnFord'scavalryseriestothemanyApachewarfilms"从来都没有什么背水一战，不过是自己给自己挖了个墓罢了。"——叶音美铃，《AngelBeats!》 DespitetherestorationofSovietpowerinthearea,Basmachiscontinuetoarrivefromacrosstheborder,bringingdeathanddestructiontopeacefulvillages.OneofthebandsofrebelsisledbyKhairullawhoispittedagainstthemilitsiya(localmilitia)leaderMaxumov.AtfirstitseemshopelessforMaxumovastherebelscapturemostofhismen,winningthemovertohisside.Hehasonlyonestrategyleft;togivehimselfup,andtrytoexplaintothepeoplethatKhairullahasdeceivedthem,turningthesoldiersbacktorevolution.Laterinpursuitofhisenemy,hechasesKhairullaacrossariver.Hehasonlyonebulletleft—theseventh,andhemustnotmisshistarget!