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Seven Samurai

1954 · 3h 27m · Action · Drama

Rotten Tomatoes 100%Metacritic 98/100IMDb 8.6/10TMDB 8.5/10 (4,307 votes)

Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. Starring Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima and Yukiko Shimazaki, it tells the story of a village of farmers who hire seven samurai to help defend their village from bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops. Influential in world cinema, Seven Samurai is considered to be one of the greatest films ever made.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Box office $105M worldwide

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13+Common Sense Media calls it a classic Japanese epic with violence and sexual references.[1]

Sex & nudity: Flirting. Implied sex when a couple hug in the hay and later emerge together. Men leer at women.[1]
Violence: Extended scenes of invasion, sword- and gunfighting, and physical fighting. People are slashed and stabbed.[1]
Language: Frequent subtitled language includes "damn," "damned,"[1]
Drugs & alcohol: Characters drink sake. One gets visibly drunk, stumbling and slurring on one occasion.[1]

Representation: Lead characters are all male except for a villager's daughter, who's a love interest.[1]

Family reviews:Plugged In ↗Common Sense Media ↗Dove ↗Movieguide ↗

Cast & crew

Akira Kurosawa

Akira KurosawaDirector

Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabeas a bun seller

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidarias Yohei

Daisuke Katōas Shichirōji

Eijirō Tōno

as a thief

Haruo Nakajima

Haruo Nakajimaas a bandit scout

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimuraas Katsushirō Okamoto

Isao Yamagata

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwaraas Manzō

Keiko Tsushima

Keiko Tsushimaas Shino

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdōas Gisaku

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiakias Heihachi Hayashida

Noriko Sengoku

Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakaias a coolie

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchias Kyūzō

SShinpei Takagias the bandit chief

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimuraas Kambei Shimada

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadaias a samurai

Toshirō Mifuneas Kikuchiyo

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inabaas Gorōbei Katayama

Yoshio Kosugias Mosuke

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiyaas Rikichi

Yukiko Shimazaki

Yukiko Shimazakias Rikichi's wife

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Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. Starring Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima and Yukiko Shimazaki, it tells the story of a village of farmers who hire seven samurai to help defend their village from bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops. Influential in world cinema, Seven Samurai is considered to be one of the greatest films ever made.

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