| Seven Samurai | |
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| 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.
Plot[]
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.
Cast[]
- 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 links[]
- Seven Samurai review at KFCC