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A Balasaur Score of 91 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 98/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 98% of the 80 1950s action movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 27m. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
Synopsis
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Ratings
IMDb8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic98/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
4,359 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Toshirō MifuneKikuchiyo
- Takashi ShimuraKambei Shimada
- Yoshio InabaGorobei Katayama
- Seiji MiyaguchiKyuzo
- Minoru ChiakiHeihachi Hayashida
- Daisuke KatōShichiroji
- Isao KimuraKatsushiro Okamoto
- Keiko TsushimaShino
- Yukiko ShimazakiRikichi's Wife
- Kamatari FujiwaraManzô - Father of Shino
- Yoshio KosugiMosuke
- Bokuzen HidariYohei
Stills
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Themes
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