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Seven Samurai

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.

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Tagline
The Mighty Warriors Who Became the Seven National Heroes of a Small Town
Original title
七人の侍
Release date
1954-04-26
Runtime
3h 27m
IMDb
tt0047478
Genres
DramaAction
Languages
Japanese
Global rating
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Director

  1. Akira Kurosawa

Writer

  1. Akira Kurosawa
  2. Hideo Oguni
  3. Shinobu Hashimoto

Cast

  1. Eijirō Tōno
    Kidnapper
  2. Toshirō Mifune
    Kikuchiyo
  3. Tatsuya Nakadai
    Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
  4. Takashi Shimura
    Kambei Shimada
  5. Noriko Honma
    Woman Farmer
  6. Seiji Miyaguchi
    Kyuzo
  7. Jun Tatara
    Coolie A
  8. Minoru Chiaki
    Heihachi Hayashida
  9. Yoshio Inaba
    Gorobei Katayama
  10. Ken Utsui
    Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
  11. Daisuke Katō
    Shichiroji
  12. Takeshi Katō
    Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
  13. Kamatari Fujiwara
    Manzô - Father of Shino
  14. Toshio Takahara
    Samurai with Gun
  15. Keiko Tsushima
    Shino
  16. Yukiko Shimazaki
    Rikichi's Wife
  17. Sachio Sakai
    Coolie #2
  18. Tsuruko Mano
    Woman Farmer in front of Gono
  19. Ren Yamamoto
    Farmer (uncredited)
  20. Hiroshi Hayashi
    Weak Ronin
  21. Noriko Sengoku
    Wife of Gono Family
  22. Kokuten Kōdō
    Gisaku, the Old Man
  23. Yoshio Kosugi
    Mosuke
  24. Senkichi Ômura
    Bandit Who Escapes
  25. Yoshio Tsuchiya
    Rikichi
  26. Kichijirô Ueda
    Bandit Scout
  27. Isao Kimura
    Katsushiro Okamoto
  28. Junpei Natsuki
    Farmer
  29. Sanpei Mine
    Farmer
  30. Bokuzen Hidari
    Yohei
  31. Haruo Nakajima
    Bandit
  32. Toranosuke Ogawa
    Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
  33. Isao Yamagata
    Samurai
  34. Gen Shimizu
    Samurai Who Kicks Farmers
  35. Sôjin Kamiyama
    Blind Player
  36. Haruko Toyama
    Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law
  37. Atsushi Watanabe
    Bun Seller
  38. Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
    Farmer in Front of Gono
  39. Akira Tani
    Bandit
  40. Ichirô Chiba
    Buddhist Priest
  41. Kiyoshi Kamoda
    Samurai
  42. Shin Ôtomo
    Bandit Second-in-Command
  43. Shinpei Takagi
    Bandit Chieftain
  44. Shôichi Hirose
    Bandit
  45. Shigeo Katô
    Farmer
  46. Akira Kitchôji
    Farmer
  47. Kaneo Ikeda
    Samurai
  48. Matsue Ono
    Woman Farmer
  49. Minoru Itô
    Samurai
  50. Haruo Suzuki
    Farmer
  51. Kōji Iwamoto
    Farmer
  52. Hideo Shibuya
    Bandit
  53. Hiroshi Sugi
    Tea Shop Owner
  54. Akira Yamada
    Farmer
  55. Eisuke Nakanishi
    Farmer
  56. Gorô Amano
    Farmer
  57. Haruya Sakamoto
    Samurai
  58. Ippei Kawagoe
    Farmer
  59. Jun Mikami
    Bandit
  60. Michiko Kadono
    Farmer's Wife
  61. Takashi Narita
    Bandit Who Escapes
  62. Toku Ihara
    Farmer
  63. Tsuneo Katagiri
    Farmer in Front of Gono
  64. Yasumasa Ônishi
    Farmer
  65. Yayoko Kitano
    Farmer's Wife
  66. Yûko Togawa
    Farmer's Wife
  67. Keiji Sakakida
    Gosaku
  68. Kôji Uno
    Bandit
  69. Akio Kusama
    Bandit
  70. Kamayuki Tsubono
    Bandit
  71. Kazuo Imai
    Farmer
  72. Shigemi Sunagawa
    Bandit
  73. Masanobu Ôkubo
    Samurai
  74. Shizuko Azuma
    Farmer's Wife
  75. Chindanji Miyagawa
    Bandit
  76. Etsuo Saijo
    Bandit
  77. Gorô Sakurai
    Samurai
  78. Hideo Ôtsuka
    Farmer
  79. Hiroshi Akitsu
    Husband of Gono Family
  80. Jirô Suzukawa
    Farmer
  81. Kyôichi Kamiyama
    Farmer
  82. Kyoko Mori
    Farmer's Wife
  83. Kyôko Ozawa
    Woman Farmer
  84. Masaaki Tachibana
    Bandit
  85. Masahide Matsushita
    Samurai
  86. Masako Ôshiro
    Woman Farmer
  87. Masayoshi Kawabe
    Farmer
  88. Megeru Shimoda
    Farmer
  89. Michiko Kawabe
    Farmer's Wife
  90. Misao Suyama
    Woman Farmer
  91. Ryûtarô Amami
    Bandit
  92. Shû Ôe
    Farmer
  93. Sôkichi Maki
    Strong-Looking Samurai
  94. Taiji Naka
    Bandit
  95. Takeshi Seki
    Coolie #3
  96. Takuzô Kumagaya
    Gisaku's Son
  97. Toriko Takahara
    Woman Farmer
  98. Toshiko Nakano
    Farmer's Wife
  99. Tsurue Ichimanji
    Woman Farmer
  100. Yoshikazu Kawamata
    Farmer

Composer

  1. Fumio Hayasaka

Producer

  1. Sōjirō Motoki

Director of Photography

  1. Asakazu Nakai

Editor

  1. Akira Kurosawa

Production companies

  1. TOHO

Production countries

  1. Japan