Seven Samurai (1954)
04/26/1954 (JP) • 3h 27m
Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
Kikuchiyo
Kambei Shimada
Gorobei Katayama
Kyuzo
Heihachi Hayashida
Shichiroji
Katsushiro Okamoto
Shino
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Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
$2,000,000.00
Revenue
$105,000,000.00
Keywords
epic
martial arts
japan
samurai
sword
peasant
village
looting
rice
fencing
moral ambiguity
forbidden love
black and white
battle
bandit
practice
farmer
jidaigeki
16th century
class relations
collectivism
plunder
downtrodden farmers
bushi
tactical warfare
violence
awestruck
violent
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