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. |
Release Dates: |
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Japan | 26 Apr 1954 |
Italy | (Venice Film Festival) |
France | 30 Nov 1955 |
Belgium | 23 Mar 1956 |
Greece | 25 Jun 1956 |
USA | (Los Angeles, California) |
USA | 19 Nov 1956 |
Uruguay | 03 Dec 1956 |
Finland | 06 Feb 1959 (edited version) |
West Germany | 13 Jul 1962 |
Finland | 30 Aug 1963 (re-release) |
Sweden | 20 Sep 1965 |
Spain | 20 Apr 1967 (Barcelona) |
Spain | 19 Jul 1967 (Madrid) |
Portugal | 29 Mar 1968 |
Denmark | 29 Jun 1968 |
Finland | 30 May 1980 (re-release) |
Finland | 27 Nov 1981 (re-release) |
Australia | 05 Nov 1993 (re-release) |
Portugal | 26 Nov 1993 (re-issue version) |
France | (Festival du Film d'Aventures de Valenciennes) |
Portugal | 20 Feb 1998 (Fantasporto Film Festival) |
Greece | 17 Nov 1998 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival) |
Denmark | 25 Dec 2000 (re-release) |
Sweden | 28 Jun 2002 (re-release) |
Argentina | 31 Aug 2002 (De Kurosawa a Kitano: 50 años de Cine Japonés) |
France | 18 Dec 2002 (re-release) |
Netherlands | 18 Mar 2004 (re-release) |
Finland | 15 Oct 2004 (re-release) |
USA | (Los Angeles Film Festival) |
Czech Republic | 15 Jan 2009 (limited) |
Finland | 18 Oct 2010 (re-release) |
Greece | 29 Oct 2011 (Panorama of European Cinema) |
France | 10 Jul 2013 (re-release) |
Argentina | 01 Jan 1957 |
Madagascar | 10 Jun 2015 (Festival du Film Japonais) |
Italy | |
Japan | (Tokyo International Film Festival) |
Japan | (Tokyo International Film Festival) |
Italy | 07 Sep 2016 (digitally restored version) (Venice Film Festival) |
UK | 05 Mar 2017 (Edinburgh) (Japanese Film Festival) |
Also Known As: |
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(original title) | Shichinin no samurai |
Argentina | Los siete samuráis |
Belgium (Flemish title) | De zeven samouraï's |
Belgium (French title) | Les sept samouraïs |
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) | Седемте самураи |
Brazil | Os Sete Samurais |
Canada (French title) | Les sept samouraïs |
Switzerland (German title) | Die sieben Samurai |
Czechoslovakia (Czech title) | Sedm samuraju |
Czech Republic | Sedm samuraju |
Denmark | De syv samuraier |
Spain | Los siete samuráis |
Finland (alternative spelling) | 7 samuraita |
Finland (Swedish title) | 7 samurajer |
Finland | Seitsemän samuraita |
Finland (Swedish title) | Sju samurajer |
France | Les sept samouraïs |
UK | Seven Samurai |
Greece (reissue title) | Oi 7 samurai |
Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title) | Oi epta samurai |
Greece | Οι Επτά Σαμουράι |
Croatia | Sedam samuraja |
Hungary | A hét szamuráj |
Italy | I sette samurai |
Japan (alternative transliteration) | Shichi-nin no samurai |
Lithuania | Septyni samurajai |
Mexico (DVD box title) | Los siete samurai |
Mexico | Los siete samurais |
Norway | De syv samuraier |
Peru | Los siete samuráis |
Poland | Siedmiu samurajów |
Portugal | Os Sete Samurais |
Romania | Cei sapte samurai |
Serbia | Sedam samuraja |
Russia | Семь самураев |
Sweden | De sju samurajerna |
Turkey (Turkish title) | Yedi Samuray-Kanli Pirinç |
USA | Seven Samurai |
Venezuela | Los siete samurai |
Vietnam | 7 Vo Si |
West Germany | Die sieben Samurai |
World-wide (Spanish title) | Los siete Samurais |
World-wide (English title) | Seven Samurai |
Slovenia | Sedem samurajev |
Australia | Seven Samurai |
Canada (English title) | Seven Samurai |
Germany | Die sieben Samurai |
Ireland (English title) | Seven Samurai |
New Zealand (English title) | Seven Samurai |
South Africa (English title) | Seven Samurai |
Finland (Swedish title) (alternative spelling) | 7 samurajer |
USA (premiere title) | The Magnificent Seven |
Uruguay (original subtitled version) | Los siete samurai |