Seven Samurai

Name: Seven Samurai
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1954-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 8.5

About 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.

Seven Samurai is a 1954 action drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Released in April 1954, it runs 207 minutes.

Toshirō Mifune appears as Kikuchiyo, Takashi Shimura as Kambei Shimada, Yoshio Inaba as Gorobei Katayama, and Seiji Miyaguchi as Kyuzo. Written by Akira Kurosawa and Hideo Oguni. It was produced by TOHO.

Members will find village, violence, reflective, and forbidden love in it. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Ondanondu Kaladalli, Yojimbo, and Harakiri make useful companions to Seven Samurai, all filed under battle, martial arts, and moral ambiguity. It scores 8.5 out of 10 from 4,440 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.