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.
| Title | Seven Samurai |
|---|---|
| Year | 1954 |
| Genre | Action, Drama |
| Country | Japan |
| Studio | TOHO |
| Cast | Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katō |
| Crew | Akira Kurosawa (Director), Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Sōjirō Motoki (Producer), Yuji Hamada (Accountant) |
| Keyword | 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, casual, bushi, tactical warfare, violence, violent |
| Release | Apr 26, 1954 |
| Runtime | 207 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 8.50 / 10 by 4,113 users |
| Popularity | 8 |
| Budget | 2,000,000 |
| Revenue | 105,000,000 |
| Language | 日本語 |
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