Seven Samurai
Theatrical poster to Seven Samurai
Directed by	Akira Kurosawa
Produced by	Sōjirō Motoki
Written by	Akira Kurosawa Shinobu Hashimoto Hideo Oguni
Music by	Fumio Hayasaka
Cinematography	Asakazu Nakai
Editing by	Akira Kurosawa
Distributed by	Toho
Released	April 26, 1954
Running time	207 min.
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Seven Samurai (七人の侍, Shichinin no Samurai) is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa.

PlotEdit

An older samurai in need of money protects a small village from bandits. Together with six other samurai they teach the villagers how to defend themselves in exchange for steady meals. However, the bandit attacks keep getting worse.

CastEdit

• Takashi Shimura ... Kambei Shimada
• Toshirō Mifune ... Kikuchiyo
• Yoshio Inaba ... Gorobei Katayama
• Seiji Miyaguchi ... Kyuzo
• Minoru Chiaki ... Heihachi Hayashida
• Daisuke Kato ... Shichiroji
• Isao Kimura ... Katsushiro Okamoto
• Keiko Tsushima ... Shino
• Yukiko Shimazaki ... Rikichi's Wife
• Kamatari Fujiwara ... Manzo, father of Shino
• Yoshio Kosugi ... Mosuke
• Bokuzen Hidari ... Yohei
• Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Rikichi
• Kokuten Kōdō ... Gisaku, the Old Man
• Jiro Kumagai ... Peasant
• Eijirō Tōno ... Kidnapper
• Haruko Toyama ... Ginsaku's Daughter-in-law
• Tsuneo Katagiri ... Farmer in front of Gono
• Kichijirō Ueda ... Captured Bandit Scout
• Jun Tatara ... 1st Coolie
• Yasuhisa Tsutsumi ... Farmer in front of Gono
• Atsushi Watanabe ... Bun Vendor
• Toranosuke Ogawa ... Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
• Yu Akitsu ... Husband
• Isao Yamagata ... Samurai
• Sojin ... Blind Minstrel
• Gen Shimizu ... Samurai who kicks farmers
• Keiji Sakakida ... Gosaku
• Shinpei Takagi ... Bandit Chief
• Shin Otomo ... Bandit second-in-command
• Toshio Takahara ... Samurai with gun
• Hiroshi Sugi ... Tea Shop Owner
• Miki Hayashi
• Sachio Sakai ... 2nd Coolie
• Akira Tani ... Bandit
• Sokichi Maki ... Strong-looking Samurai
• Haruo Nakajima ... Bandit
• Ichiro Chiba ... Buddhist Priest
• Noriko Sengoku ... Wife of Gono Family
• Fumiko Honma ... Woman Farmer
• Masanobu okubo ... Samurai
• Etsuro Nishijo ... Samurai
• Etsuryo Saijo
• Minoru Ito ... Samurai
• Hideo Shibuya
• Kiyoshi Kamoda ... Samurai
• Senkichi Ōmura ... Bandit who escapes
• Takashi Narita ... Bandit who escapes
• Shoichi Hirose ... Bandit
• Koji Uno ... Bandit
• Hiroshi Agetsu ... Gono Husband
• Ryutaro Amami ... Bandit
• Goro Amano ... Farmer
• Shizuko Hogashi ... Farmer's Wife
• Tazue Ichimanji ... Woman Farmer
• Toku Ihara ... Farmer
• Kaneo Ikeda ... Samurai
• Kazuo Imai ... Farmer
• Hisaya Ito ... Samurai wandering through town
• Koji Iwamoto ... Farmer
• Kyoichi Kamiyama ... Farmer
• Shigeo Kato ... Farmer
• Masayoshi Kawabe ... Farmer
• Michiko Kawabe ... Farmer's Wife
• Ippei Kawagoe ... Farmer
• Yoshikazu Kawamata ... Farmer
• Akira Kichijoji ... Farmer
• Yayoko Kitano ... Farmer's Wife
• Fumiyoshi Kumaya ... Ginsaku's Son
• Akio Kusama ... Bandit
• Masahide Matsushita ... Samurai
• Jun Mikami ... Bandit
• Sanpei Mine ... Farmer
• Keiko Mori ... Farmer's Wife
• Kyoji Naka ... Bandit
• Eisuke Nakanishi ... Farmer
• Toshiko Nakano ... Farmer's Wife
• Junpei Natsuki ... Farmer
• Hideo Oe ... Farmer
• Yasuo Onishi ... Farmer
• Matsue Ono ... Woman Farmer
• Masako Oshiro ... Woman Farmer
• Hideo Otsuka ... Farmer
• Keiko Ozawa ... Woman Farmer
• Haruya Sakamoto ... Samurai
• Kyoro Sakurai ... Samurai
• Takeshi Seki ... 3rd Coolie
• Megeru Shimoda ... Farmer
• Seiji Sunagawa ... Bandit
• Misao Suyama ... Woman Farmer
• Jiro Suzukawa ... Farmer
• Kazuo Suzuki ... Farmer
• Toriko Takahara ... Woman Farmer
• Yuko Togawa ... Farmer's Wife
• Kamayuki Tsubono ... Bandit
• Tomeko Umayato ... Woman Farmer in front of Gono
• Michiko Uwamoto ... Farmer's Wife
• Akira Yamada ... Farmer
• Tatsuya Nakadai ... Samurai wandering through town
• Kaneyuki Tsubono ... Bandit

External linksEdit

• Seven Samurai review at KFCC