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26/04/1954 Action, Drama 3h 27m
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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.

  1. Akira Kurosawa

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Toshirō Mifune

    Kikuchiyo

  2. Takashi Shimura

    Kambei Shimada

  3. Yoshio Inaba

    Gorobei Katayama

  4. Seiji Miyaguchi

    Kyuzo

  5. Minoru Chiaki

    Heihachi Hayashida

  6. Daisuke Katō

    Shichiroji

  7. Isao Kimura

    Katsushiro Okamoto

  8. Keiko Tsushima

    Shino

  9. Yukiko Shimazaki

    Rikichi's Wife

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Reviews

A review by drystyx
Written by drystyx on 2023-04-02
I must begin by saying I am a bit "attention deficit" and that I never thought I would like subtitles, but this film flows through its long length with such adventure that I don't see how anyone can keep from being entranced with every second.
And it takes a lot to hold my interest.
In case you haven't heard, this "magnificent seven samurai" so to speak, are enlisted one by one to aid a village beset by 40 bandits.
What is often lost is that the story is really "Four villagers". Two are village elders (although not as old as the "grandpa" character they look to for advice). One, Manzo, repr...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Japanese

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$105,000,000.00

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