Film

Seven Samurai

1954 · 3h 27m · Action · Drama

Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!

IMDb

8.6

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Metacritic

98

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.

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

• Akira KurosawaDirector · Screenplay · Editor
• Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay
• Hideo OguniScreenplay
• Sōjirō MotokiProducer
• Asakazu NakaiDirector of Photography
• Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer

BFI 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]Official 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]BFI Re-Release TrailerOriginal Japanese Theatrical Trailer [Subtitled]

Release date

April 26, 1954

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

3h 27m

Rated

NR

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$105,000,000

Genres

Action, Drama

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