Seven Samurai
1954 · Movie · 3h 27m · NR
ActionDrama
"Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!"
Overview
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
IMDb
8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
98/100
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
martial artsjapansamuraiswordpeasantvillagelootingricefencingmoral ambiguityforbidden loveblack and white