Seven Samurai (1954) |
Genres: Adventure, Drama |
Taglines: Will Take Its Place With the Seven Greatest Films of All Time! |
Director: Akira Kurosawa |
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni |
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, ... |
A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village. |
Directors: |
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Akira Kurosawa | |
Writers: |
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Akira Kurosawa | (screenplay) & |
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Shinobu Hashimoto | (screenplay) & |
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Hideo Oguni | (screenplay) |
Producers: |
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Sôjirô Motoki | producer (as Sojiro Motoki) |
Actors: |
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Toshirô Mifune | Kikuchiyo (as Toshiro Mifune) |
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Takashi Shimura | Kambei Shimada |
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Keiko Tsushima | Shino |
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Yukiko Shimazaki | Wife (as Yukio Shimazaki) |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | Farmer Manzo |
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Daisuke Katô | Shichiroji (as Daisake Kato) |
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Isao Kimura | Katsushiro (as Ko Kimura) |
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Minoru Chiaki | Heihachi |
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Seiji Miyaguchi | Kyuzo |
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Yoshio Kosugi | Farmer Mosuke |
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Bokuzen Hidari | Farmer Yohei |
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Yoshio Inaba | Gorobei Katayama |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | Farmer Rikichi |
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Kokuten Kôdô | Old Man Gisaku (as Kuninori Todo) |
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Eijirô Tôno | Thief (as Eijiro Tono) |
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Kichijirô Ueda | Bandit Scout (as Ueda Kichijiro) |
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Jun Tatara | Coolie A |
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Atsushi Watanabe | Bun Seller |
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Toranosuke Ogawa | Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl |
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Isao Yamagata | Samurai |
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Sôjin Kamiyama | Blind Player |
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Gen Shimizu | Samurai Who Kicks Farmers (as Hajime Shimizu) |
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Keiji Sakakida | Gosaku |
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Shinpei Takagi | Bandit Chieftain (as Shimpei Takagi) |
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Shin Ôtomo | Bandit Second-in-Command |
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Toshio Takahara | Samurai with Gun |
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Hiroshi Sugi | Tea Shop Owner |
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Hiroshi Hayashi | Weak Ronin |
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Sachio Sakai | 2nd Coolie |
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Sôkichi Maki | Strong-Looking Samurai |
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Ichirô Chiba | Buddhist Priest |
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Noriko Sengoku | Wife of Gono Family |
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Noriko Honma | Woman Farmer |
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Masanobu Ôkubo | Samurai |
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Etsurô Saijô | Bandit |
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Minoru Itô | Samurai |
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Haruya Sakamoto | Samurai |
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Kyorô Sakurai | Samurai |
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Hideo Shibuya | Bandit |
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Kiyoshi Kamoda | Samurai |
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Senkichi Ômura | Bandit Who Escapes |
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Takashi Narita | Bandit Who Escapes |
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Shôichi Hirose | Bandit |
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Kôji Uno | Bandit |
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Masaaki Tachibana | Bandit |
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Kamayuki Tsubono | Bandit |
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Taiji Naka | Bandit |
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Chindanji Miyagawa | Bandit |
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Shigemi Sunagawa | Bandit |
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Akira Tani | Bandit |
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Akio Kusama | Bandit |
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Ryûtarô Amami | Bandit |
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Jun Mikami | Bandit |
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Haruo Nakajima | Bandit |
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Sanpei Mine | Farmer |
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Masahide Matsushita | Samurai |
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Kaneo Ikeda | Samurai |
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Takuzô Kumagaya | Gisaku's Son (as Jirô Kumagaya) |
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Ippei Kawagoe | Farmer |
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Jirô Suzukawa | Farmer |
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Junpei Natsuki | Farmer |
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Kyôichi Kamiyama | Farmer |
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Haruo Suzuki | Farmer |
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Gorô Amano | Farmer |
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Hikaru Kitchôji | Farmer |
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Kôji Iwamoto | Farmer |
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Hiroshi Akitsu | Gono Husband |
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Akira Yamada | Farmer |
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Kazuo Imai | Farmer |
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Eisuke Nakanishi | Farmer |
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Toku Ihara | Farmer |
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Hideo Ôtsuka | Farmer |
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Shû Ôe | Farmer |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Farmer in Front of Gono |
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Yasuo Ônishi | Farmer |
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Tsuneo Katagiri | Farmer in Front of Gono |
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Megeru Shimoda | Farmer |
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Masayoshi Kawabe | Farmer |
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Shigeo Katô | Farmer |
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Yoshikazu Kawamata | Farmer |
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Takeshi Seki | 3rd Coolie |
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Haruko Toyama | Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law |
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Tsuruko Mano | Woman Farmer in Front of Gono |
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Matsue Ono | Woman Farmer |
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Tazue Ichimanji | Woman Farmer (as Tazue Ichimanji) |
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Masako Ôshiro | Woman Farmer |
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Kyôko Ozawa | Woman Farmer |
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Michiko Kadono | Farmer's Wife |
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Toshiko Nakano | Farmer's Wife |
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Shizuko Azuma | Farmer's Wife |
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Keiko Mori | Farmer's Wife |
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Michiko Kawabe | Farmer's Wife |
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Yûko Togawa | Farmer's Wife |
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Yayoko Kitano | Farmer's Wife |
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Misao Suyama | Woman Farmer |
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Toriko Takahara | Woman Farmer |
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Takeshi Katô | Samurai Wandering Through Town (uncredited) |
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Samurai Wandering Through Town (uncredited) |
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Ken Utsui | Samurai Wandering Through Town (uncredited) |
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Ren Yamamoto | Farmer (uncredited) |
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Etsuo Saijô | Bandit |
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Haruya Sakamoto | Samurai |
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Gorô Sakurai | Samurai |
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Takashi Narita | Bandit Who Escapes |
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Akira Kitchôji | Farmer (as Hikaru Kitchôji) |
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Yasumasa Ônishi | Farmer (as Yasuo Ônishi) |
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Tsurue Ichimanji | Woman Farmer (as Tazue Ichimanji) |
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Takuzô Kumagai | Gisaku's Son (as Jirô Kumagaya) |
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Tokio Ôkawa | Farmer (as Shû Ôe) |