Seven Samurai (1954)
Shichinin no samurai
Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!
207 min
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.
- Release date
- April 26, 1954
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $105,000,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Kikuchiyo
- Takashi Shimura as Kambei Shimada
- Yoshio Inaba as Gorobei Katayama
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Kyuzo
- Minoru Chiaki as Heihachi
- Daisuke Katō as Shichiroji
- Isao Kimura as Katsushiro
- Keiko Tsushima as Shino
- Yukiko Shimazaki as Wife
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Farmer Manzo
- Yoshio Kosugi as Farmer Mosuke
- Bokuzen Hidari as Yohei
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Rikichi
- Kokuten Kōdō as Gisaku, the Old Man
- Eijirō Tōno as Kidnapper
- Jun Tatara as Coolie A
- Atsushi Watanabe as Bun Seller
- Toranosuke Ogawa as Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
- Isao Yamagata as Samurai
- Kichijirō Ueda as Bandit Scout
- Sōjin Kamiyama as Blind Player
- Gen Shimizu as Samurai Who Kicks Farmers
- Keiji Sakakida as Gosaku
- Shinpei Takagi as Bandit Chieftain
- Shin Ôtomo as Bandit Second-in-Command
- Toshio Takahara as Samurai with Gun
- Hiroshi Sugi as Tea Shop Owner
- Hiroshi Hayashi as Weak Ronin
- Sachio Sakai as Coolie #2
- Sôkichi Maki as Strong-Looking Samurai
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Shinobu Hashimoto · Writer
- Hideo Oguni · Writer
- Sōjirō Motoki · Producer
- Fumio Hayasaka · Composer
- Asakazu Nakai · Cinematographer
- Akira Kurosawa · Editor
- Takashi Matsuyama · Production designer