Movie
1954 Action drama
3h 27min
| Original title | Shichinin no samurai |
| Original lang. | Japanese |
| Country | Japan |
A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.
| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Written by | Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto |
| Company | Columbia PicturesColumbia PicturesColumbia Pictures |
Starring
Toshirô Mifune
Takashi Shimura
Yoshio Inaba
Yukiko Shimazaki
Haruko Toyama
Keiko Tsushima
Kamatari Fujiwara
Daisuke Katô
Isao Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yoshio Kosugi
Bokuzen Hidari
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kokuten Kôdô
Eijirô Tôno
Kichijirô Ueda
Jun Tatara
Atsushi Watanabe
Toranosuke Ogawa
Isao Yamagata
Sôjin Kamiyama
Gen Shimizu
Keiji Sakakida
Shinpei Takagi
Shin Ôtomo
Video
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