Seven Samurai (1954)

Movie Details

Original Title 七人の侍

Original Language JA

Budget $2,000,000

Revenue $105,000,000

Status Released

Popularity 7.7

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Kikuchiyo

Popularity: 2.7

Takashi Shimura

Kambei Shimada

Popularity: 2.5

Yoshio Inaba

Gorobei Katayama

Popularity: 1.8

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kyuzo

Popularity: 1.8

Minoru Chiaki

Heihachi Hayashida

Popularity: 1.9

Daisuke Katō

Shichiroji

Popularity: 1.8

Isao Kimura

Katsushiro Okamoto

Popularity: 1.4

Keiko Tsushima

Shino

Popularity: 1.5

Yukiko Shimazaki

Rikichi's Wife

Popularity: 1.0

Kamatari Fujiwara

Manzô - Father of Shino

Popularity: 1.8

Yoshio Kosugi

Mosuke

Popularity: 1.2

Bokuzen Hidari

Yohei

Popularity: 1.3

Key Crew

Director Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa

Producer Sōjirō Motoki

Editor Akira Kurosawa

Production

TOHO

Videos & Trailers

Jim Cummings on SEVEN SAMURAI

Featurette

BFI 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]

Trailer

Official 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]

Trailer

BFI Re-Release Trailer

Trailer

Original Japanese Theatrical Trailer [Subtitled]

Trailer

On the Violence of Seven Samurai

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

epic martial arts japan samurai sword peasant village looting rice fencing moral ambiguity black and white battle bandit practice jidaigeki domineering 16th century plunder bushi

Reviews from TMDB

Andres Gomez 10/10

Oct 23, 2013

Fantastic movie with a great touch of reality.

Kenneth Blais 10/10

Nov 18, 2022

At the top of my favorite films ever. Every time I watch it is see something new. Bandits steal peasants rice. Peasants hire ronin samurai to defend them. Great plot, pace and acting. Akira Kurasawa's best...perhaps.

Filipe Manuel Neto 6/10

Nov 25, 2022

**Maybe a little overrated, but there's no doubt that it's good.** Well, I have to start this text with a note that I believe is relevant to understand what I'm going to write: this was the first Japanese film that I remember seeing. I might even be forgetting something I've seen before, but I do ... Read more