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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.

1954 |3h 27m |  Action, Drama

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Cast

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Toshirō Mifune

Kikuchiyo

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Takashi Shimura

Kambei Shimada

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Yoshio Inaba

Gorobei Katayama

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Seiji Miyaguchi

Kyuzo

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Minoru Chiaki

Heihachi Hayashida

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Daisuke Katō

Shichiroji

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Isao Kimura

Katsushiro Okamoto

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Keiko Tsushima

Shino

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Yukiko Shimazaki

Rikichi's Wife

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Kamatari Fujiwara

Manzô - Father of Shino

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Yoshio Kosugi

Mosuke

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Bokuzen Hidari

Yohei

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Yoshio Tsuchiya

Rikichi

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Kokuten Kōdō

Gisaku, the Old Man

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Eijirō Tōno

Kidnapper

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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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Kichijirō Ueda

Bandit Scout

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Sôjin Kamiyama

Blind Player

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Gen Shimizu

Samurai Who Kicks Farmers

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Keiji Sakakida

Gosaku

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Shinpei Takagi

Bandit Chieftain

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Shin Ōtomo

Bandit Second-in-Command

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Toshio Takahara

Samurai with Gun

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Hiroshi Hayashi

Weak Ronin

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Sachio Sakai

Coolie #2

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Ichirō 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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Gorô Sakurai

Samurai

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Hideo Shibuya

Bandit

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Senkichi Ōmura

Bandit Who Escapes

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Shōichi Hirose

Bandit

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Akira Tani

Bandit

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Akio Kusama

Bandit

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Haruo Nakajima

Bandit

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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Farmer in Front of Gono

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Shigeo Katô

Farmer

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Haruko Toyama

Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law

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Takeshi Katō

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)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

$105,000,000.00