1954 3h 27m Akira Kurosawa

Seven Samurai

Name: Seven Samurai
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
Released: 1954
Rating: 8.6
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi

★ 8.6 IMDb

Drama Action & Adventure

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.

Writers Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni

Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi

DP Asakazu Nakai

Music Fumio Hayasaka

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