Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai (1954)

Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!

Action Drama

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.

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  • Release Date: 1954-04-26
  • Runtime: 3h 27min
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Toshirō Mifune

      Kikuchiyo

    • Takashi Shimura

      Kambei Shimada

    • Yoshio Inaba

      Gorobei Katayama

    • Seiji Miyaguchi

      Kyuzo

    • Minoru Chiaki

      Heihachi Hayashida

    • Daisuke Katō

      Shichiroji

    • Isao Kimura

      Katsushiro Okamoto

    • Keiko Tsushima

      Shino

    • Yukiko Shimazaki

      Rikichi's Wife

    • Kamatari Fujiwara

      Manzô - Father of Shino

    • Yoshio Kosugi

      Mosuke

    • Bokuzen Hidari

      Yohei

    • Yoshio Tsuchiya

      Rikichi

    • Kokuten Kōdō

      Gisaku, the Old Man

    • Eijirō Tōno

      Kidnapper

    • Jun Tatara

      Coolie A

    • Atsushi Watanabe

      Bun Seller

    • Toranosuke Ogawa

      Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl

    • Isao Yamagata

      Samurai

    • Kichijirō Ueda

      Bandit Scout

    • Sôjin Kamiyama

      Blind Player

    • Gen Shimizu

      Samurai Who Kicks Farmers

    • Keiji Sakakida

      Gosaku

    • Shinpei Takagi

      Bandit Chieftain

    • Shin Ōtomo

      Bandit Second-in-Command

    • Toshio Takahara

      Samurai with Gun

    • Kan Sugi

      Tea Shop Owner

    • Hiroshi Hayashi

      Weak Ronin

    • Sachio Sakai

      Coolie #2

    • Sôkichi Maki

      Strong-Looking Samurai

    • Ichirō Chiba

      Buddhist Priest

    • Noriko Sengoku

      Wife of Gono Family

    • Noriko Honma

      Woman Farmer

    • Masanobu Ōkubo

      Samurai

    • Etsuo Saijo

      Bandit

    • Minoru Itō

      Samurai

    • Haruya Sakamoto

      Samurai

    • Gorô Sakurai

      Samurai

    • Hideo Shibuya

      Bandit

    • Kiyoshi Kamoda

      Samurai

    • Senkichi Ōmura

      Bandit Who Escapes

    • Takashi Narita

      Bandit Who Escapes

    • Shōichi Hirose

      Bandit

    • Kôji Uno

      Bandit

    • Masaaki Tachibana

      Bandit

    • Kamayuki Tsubono

      Bandit

    • Taiji Naka

      Bandit

    • Chindanji Miyagawa

      Bandit

    • Shigemi Sunagawa

      Bandit

    • Akira Tani

      Bandit

    • Akio Kusama

      Bandit

    • Ryûtarô Amami

      Bandit

    • Jun Mikami

      Bandit

    • Haruo Nakajima

      Bandit

    • Sanpei Mine

      Farmer

    • Masahide Matsushita

      Samurai

    • Kaneo Ikeda

      Samurai

    • Takuzô Kumagaya

      Gisaku's Son

    • Ippei Kawagoe

      Farmer

    • Jirô Suzukawa

      Farmer

    • Junpei Natsuki

      Farmer

    • Kyôichi Kamiyama

      Farmer

    • Haruo Suzuki

      Farmer

    • Gorô Amano

      Farmer

    • Akira Kitchôji

      Farmer

    • Kōji Iwamoto

      Farmer

    • Hiroshi Akitsu

      Husband of Gono Family

    • Akira Yamada

      Farmer

    • Kazuo Imai

      Farmer

    • Eisuke Nakanishi

      Farmer

    • Toku Ihara

      Farmer

    • Hideo Ôtsuka

      Farmer

    • Shû Ôe

      Farmer

    • Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

      Farmer in Front of Gono

    • Yasumasa Ônishi

      Farmer

    • Tsuneo Katagiri

      Farmer in Front of Gono

    • Megeru Shimoda

      Farmer

    • Masayoshi Kawabe

      Farmer

    • Shigeo Katō

      Farmer

    • Yoshikazu Kawamata

      Farmer

    • Takeshi Seki

      Coolie #3

    • Haruko Toyama

      Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law

    • Tsuruko Mano

      Woman Farmer in front of Gono

    • Matsue Ono

      Woman Farmer

    • Tsurue Ichimanji

      Woman Farmer

    • Masako Ōshiro

      Woman Farmer

    • Kyōko Ozawa

      Woman Farmer

    • Michiko Kadono

      Farmer's Wife

    • Toshiko Nakano

      Farmer's Wife

    • Shizuko Azuma

      Farmer's Wife

    • Michiko Kawabe

      Farmer's Wife

    • Yûko Togawa

      Farmer's Wife

    • Yayoko Kitano

      Farmer's Wife

    • Kyoko Mori

      Farmer's Wife

    • Misao Suyama

      Woman Farmer

    • Toriko Takahara

      Woman Farmer

    • Takeshi Katō

      Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

    • Tatsuya Nakadai

      Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

    • Ken Utsui

      Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

    • Ren Yamamoto

      Farmer (uncredited)

    • Takuzō Kumagai

      Gisaku's Son

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