Seven Samurai
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.
Release Date
April 26, 1954Runtime
207 minDirected by
Akira Kurosawa, Sakae Hirosawa, Yasuyoshi Tajitsu, Hiromichi Horikawa, Teruyo Nogami, Toshi Kaneko, Masaya ShimizuScreenplay by
Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu HashimotoLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$2,000,000Revenue
$346,300Status
Released
Cast
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
Atsushi Watanabe
Bun Seller
Toranosuke Ogawa
Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
Isao Yamagata
Samurai
Kichijirō Ueda
Bandit Scout
Sôjin Kamiyama
Blind Player
Gen Shimizu
Samurai Who Kicks Farmers
Keiji Sakakida
Gosaku
Shinpei Takagi
Bandit Chieftain
Shin Ōtomo
Bandit Second-in-Command
Toshio Takahara
Samurai with Gun
Hiroshi Hayashi
Weak Ronin
Sachio Sakai
Coolie #2
Ichirō Chiba
Buddhist Priest
Noriko Sengoku
Wife of Gono Family
Noriko Honma
Woman Farmer
Masanobu Ôkubo
Samurai
Gorô Sakurai
Samurai
Hideo Shibuya
Bandit
Senkichi Ōmura
Bandit Who Escapes
Shōichi Hirose
Bandit
Akira Tani
Bandit
Akio Kusama
Bandit
Haruo Nakajima
Bandit
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Farmer in Front of Gono
Shigeo Katô
Farmer
Haruko Toyama
Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law
Takeshi Katō
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Ken Utsui
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto
Farmer (uncredited)Images
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Original Japanese Theatrical Trailer [Subtitled]
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