Seven Samurai
Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!
8.4(4,298) 1954-04-26 207 minActionDrama
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.
ScreenplayHideo Oguni
ScreenplayShinobu Hashimoto
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ProducerSōjirō Motoki
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
Original Music ComposerFumio Hayasaka
Cast & characters
Toshirō Mifune
as Kikuchiyo
Takashi Shimura
as Kambei Shimada
Yoshio Inaba
as Gorobei Katayama
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Kyuzo
Minoru Chiaki
as Heihachi Hayashida
Daisuke Katō
as Shichiroji
Isao Kimura
as Katsushiro Okamoto
Keiko Tsushima
as Shino
Yukiko Shimazaki
as Rikichi's Wife
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Manzô - Father of Shino
Yoshio Kosugi
as Mosuke
Bokuzen Hidari
as Yohei
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Rikichi
Kokuten Kōdō
as Gisaku, the Old Man
Eijirō Tōno
as Kidnapper
Jun Tatara
as Coolie A
Atsushi Watanabe
as Bun Seller
Toranosuke Ogawa
as Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
Isao Yamagata
as Samurai
Kichijirō Ueda
as Bandit Scout
Sôjin Kamiyama
as Blind Player
Gen Shimizu
as Samurai Who Kicks Farmers
Keiji Sakakida
as Gosaku
Shinpei Takagi
as Bandit Chieftain
