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Seven Samurai
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Seven Samurai

Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!
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User Score4,263 ratings
TMDB 8.416+19543h 27mJapanese
ActionDrama

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.

Director
Akira KurosawaFrom TMDB credits
Studio
TOHO1 production companies
Release
April 26, 1954Released
Box Office
$105MBudget $2M

Top Cast

8 of 101
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Kikuchiyo
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Kambei Shimada
Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba
Gorobei Katayama
Seiji Miyaguchi
Seiji Miyaguchi
Kyuzo
Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki
Heihachi Hayashida
Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō
Shichiroji
Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura
Katsushiro Okamoto
Keiko Tsushima
Keiko Tsushima
Shino

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Reviews

From TMDB users
Andres Gomez
Oct 23, 2013

Fantastic movie with a great touch of reality.

Kenneth Blais
Nov 18, 2022

At the top of my favorite films ever. Every time I watch it is see something new. Bandits steal peasants rice. Peasants hire ronin samurai to defend them. Great plot, pace and acting. Akira Kurasawa's best...perhaps.

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