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Seven Samurai
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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.
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Kikuchiyo
Takashi Shimura
Kambei Shimada
Yoshio Inaba
Gorobei Katayama
Seiji Miyaguchi
Kyuzo
Minoru Chiaki
Heihachi Hayashida
Daisuke Katō
Shichiroji
Isao Kimura
Katsushiro Okamoto
Keiko Tsushima
Shino
Yukiko Shimazaki
Rikichi's Wife
Kamatari Fujiwara
Manzô - Father of Shino
Yoshio Kosugi
Mosuke
Bokuzen Hidari
Yohei
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Rikichi
Kokuten Kōdō
Gisaku, the Old Man
Eijirō Tōno
Kidnapper
Jun Tatara
Coolie A
Details
- Released
- April 26, 1954
- Runtime
- 3h 27m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- JA
- Original title
- 七人の侍
- Country
- Japan
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $105,000,000
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