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ActionDrama

Seven Samurai

- Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!

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.

Release Date : 1954-04-26

Language :Japanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : TOHO

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles : The Magnificent SevenSeven Samurai

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Character Name : Kikuchiyo

Original Name : 三船敏郎

Gender : Male

Takashi Shimura

Character Name : Kambei Shimada

Original Name : 志村喬

Gender : Male

Yoshio Inaba

Character Name : Gorobei Katayama

Original Name : 稲葉義男

Gender : Male

Seiji Miyaguchi

Character Name : Kyuzo

Original Name : 宮口精二

Gender : Male

Minoru Chiaki

Character Name : Heihachi Hayashida

Original Name : 千秋実

Gender : Male

Daisuke Katō

Character Name : Shichiroji

Original Name : 加東大介

Gender : Male

Isao Kimura

Character Name : Katsushiro Okamoto

Original Name : 木村功

Gender : Male

Keiko Tsushima

Character Name : Shino

Original Name : 津島恵子

Gender : Female

Yukiko Shimazaki

Character Name : Rikichi's Wife

Original Name : 島崎雪子

Gender : Female

Kamatari Fujiwara

Character Name : Manzô - Father of Shino

Original Name : 藤原釜足

Gender : Male

Yoshio Kosugi

Character Name : Mosuke

Original Name : 小杉義男

Gender : Male

Bokuzen Hidari

Character Name : Yohei

Original Name : 左卜全

Gender : Male

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Character Name : Rikichi

Original Name : 土屋嘉男

Gender : Male

Kokuten Kōdō

Character Name : Gisaku, the Old Man

Original Name : 高堂国典

Gender : Male

Eijirō Tōno

Character Name : Kidnapper

Original Name : 東野英治郎

Gender : Male

Jun Tatara

Character Name : Coolie A

Original Name : 多々良純

Gender : Male

Atsushi Watanabe

Character Name : Bun Seller

Original Name : 渡辺篤

Gender : Male

Toranosuke Ogawa

Character Name : Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl

Original Name : 小川虎之助

Gender : Male

Isao Yamagata

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 山形勲

Gender : Male

Kichijirō Ueda

Character Name : Bandit Scout

Original Name : 上田吉二郎

Gender : Male

Sôjin Kamiyama

Character Name : Blind Player

Original Name : Sôjin Kamiyama

Gender : Male

Gen Shimizu

Character Name : Samurai Who Kicks Farmers

Original Name : 清水元

Gender : Male

Keiji Sakakida

Character Name : Gosaku

Original Name : 榊田敬二

Gender : Male

Shinpei Takagi

Character Name : Bandit Chieftain

Original Name : 高木新平

Gender : Male

Shin Ōtomo

Character Name : Bandit Second-in-Command

Original Name : 大友伸

Gender : Male

Toshio Takahara

Character Name : Samurai with Gun

Original Name : 高原駿雄

Gender : Male

Kan Sugi

Character Name : Tea Shop Owner

Original Name : 杉寛

Gender : Male

Hiroshi Hayashi

Character Name : Weak Ronin

Original Name : 林寛

Gender : Male

Sachio Sakai

Character Name : Coolie #2

Original Name : 堺左千夫

Gender : Male

Sôkichi Maki

Character Name : Strong-Looking Samurai

Original Name : Sôkichi Maki

Gender : Male

Ichirō Chiba

Character Name : Buddhist Priest

Original Name : 千葉一郎

Gender : Male

Noriko Sengoku

Character Name : Wife of Gono Family

Original Name : 千石規子

Gender : Female

Noriko Honma

Character Name : Woman Farmer

Original Name : 本間文子

Gender : Female

Masanobu Ōkubo

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 大久保正信

Gender : Male

Etsuo Saijo

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : Etsuo Saijo

Gender : Male

Minoru Itō

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 伊藤実

Gender : Male

Haruya Sakamoto

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 坂本晴哉

Gender : Male

Gorô Sakurai

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : Gorô Sakurai

Gender : Male

Hideo Shibuya

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : 渋谷英男

Gender : Male

Kiyoshi Kamoda

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : Kiyoshi Kamoda

Gender : Male

Senkichi Ōmura

Character Name : Bandit Who Escapes

Original Name : 大村千吉

Gender : Male

Takashi Narita

Character Name : Bandit Who Escapes

Original Name : Takashi Narita

Gender : Male

Shōichi Hirose

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : 広瀬正一

Gender : Male

Kôji Uno

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : 宇野晃司

Gender : Male

Masaaki Tachibana

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : 橘正晃

Gender : Male

Kamayuki Tsubono

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : 坪野鎌之

Gender : Male

Taiji Naka

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : Taiji Naka

Gender : Male

Chindanji Miyagawa

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : Chindanji Miyagawa

Gender : Male

Shigemi Sunagawa

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : 砂川繁視

Gender : Male

Akira Tani

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : 谷晃

Gender : Male

Akio Kusama

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : 草間璋夫

Gender : Male

Ryûtarô Amami

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : Ryûtarô Amami

Gender : Male

Jun Mikami

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : Jun Mikami

Gender : Male

Haruo Nakajima

Character Name : Bandit

Original Name : 中島春雄

Gender : Male

Sanpei Mine

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Sanpei Mine

Gender : Male

Masahide Matsushita

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : Masahide Matsushita

Gender : Male

Kaneo Ikeda

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : Kaneo Ikeda

Gender : Male

Takuzô Kumagaya

Character Name : Gisaku's Son

Original Name : Takuzô Kumagaya

Gender : Male

Ippei Kawagoe

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Ippei Kawagoe

Gender : Male

Jirô Suzukawa

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : 鈴川二郎

Gender : Male

Junpei Natsuki

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : 夏木順平

Gender : Male

Kyôichi Kamiyama

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Kyôichi Kamiyama

Gender : Male

Haruo Suzuki

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : 鈴木治夫

Gender : Male

Gorô Amano

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Gorô Amano

Gender : Male

Akira Kitchôji

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : 吉頂寺晃

Gender : Male

Kōji Iwamoto

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : 岩本弘司

Gender : Male

Hiroshi Akitsu

Character Name : Husband of Gono Family

Original Name : 安芸津広

Gender : Male

Akira Yamada

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : 山田彰

Gender : Male

Kazuo Imai

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : 今井和雄

Gender : Male

Eisuke Nakanishi

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Eisuke Nakanishi

Gender : Male

Toku Ihara

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Toku Ihara

Gender : Male

Hideo Ôtsuka

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Hideo Ôtsuka

Gender : Male

Shû Ôe

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Shû Ôe

Gender : Male

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Character Name : Farmer in Front of Gono

Original Name : 堤康久

Gender : Male

Yasumasa Ônishi

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : 大西康雅

Gender : Male

Tsuneo Katagiri

Character Name : Farmer in Front of Gono

Original Name : 片桐恒男

Gender : Male

Megeru Shimoda

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Megeru Shimoda

Gender : Male

Masayoshi Kawabe

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Masayoshi Kawabe

Gender : Male

Shigeo Katō

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : 加藤茂雄

Gender : Male

Yoshikazu Kawamata

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Yoshikazu Kawamata

Gender : Male

Takeshi Seki

Character Name : Coolie #3

Original Name : Takeshi Seki

Gender : Male

Haruko Toyama

Character Name : Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law

Original Name : Haruko Toyama

Gender : Female

Tsuruko Mano

Character Name : Woman Farmer in front of Gono

Original Name : 馬野都留子

Gender : Female

Matsue Ono

Character Name : Woman Farmer

Original Name : Matsue Ono

Gender : Male

Tsurue Ichimanji

Character Name : Woman Farmer

Original Name : Tsurue Ichimanji

Gender : Male

Masako Ōshiro

Character Name : Woman Farmer

Original Name : Masako Ôshiro

Gender : Male

Kyōko Ozawa

Character Name : Woman Farmer

Original Name : Kyōko Ozawa

Gender : Male

Michiko Kadono

Character Name : Farmer's Wife

Original Name : Michiko Kadono

Gender : Male

Toshiko Nakano

Character Name : Farmer's Wife

Original Name : Toshiko Nakano

Gender : Male

Shizuko Azuma

Character Name : Farmer's Wife

Original Name : 東静子

Gender : Female

Michiko Kawabe

Character Name : Farmer's Wife

Original Name : Michiko Kawabe

Gender : Male

Yûko Togawa

Character Name : Farmer's Wife

Original Name : Yûko Togawa

Gender : Male

Yayoko Kitano

Character Name : Farmer's Wife

Original Name : Yayoko Kitano

Gender : Male

Kyoko Mori

Character Name : Farmer's Wife

Original Name : 森今日子

Gender : Female

Misao Suyama

Character Name : Woman Farmer

Original Name : Misao Suyama

Gender : Male

Toriko Takahara

Character Name : Woman Farmer

Original Name : Toriko Takahara

Gender : Male

Takeshi Katō

Character Name : Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Original Name : 加藤武

Gender : Male

Tatsuya Nakadai

Character Name : Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Original Name : 仲代達矢

Gender : Male

Ken Utsui

Character Name : Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Original Name : 宇津井健

Gender : Male

Ren Yamamoto

Character Name : Farmer (uncredited)

Original Name : 山本廉

Gender : Male

Takuzō Kumagai

Character Name : Gisaku's Son

Original Name : 熊谷卓三

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

Fantastic movie with a great touch of reality.

K

Kenneth Blais

@out_in_leftfield

2022-11-24

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.

F

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2022-11-25

**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 don't think so. Therefore, I'm not a good connoisseur of Japanese cinema, so I don't want my opinion to be taken with any authority that I don't crave. I know there are people who want that. I do not. I speak, as in any of my reviews, only through my mouth, from the height of my meager wisdom, without pretensions. I may be right about some things, wrong about others, but that's the most normal thing in the world. I decided to see this film because it was highly recommended and well regarded… everyone said it was a very good film, so I decided to see it for myself. I just finished it, and read a little about the film and its director, the famous Akira Kurosawa. The film is really a work that is above average, but it is not the kind of film that pleases everyone, and it seems to me to be a little overvalued, which results in damage. I say this because I felt, at various times, that the film failed to meet my expectations, as I am quite neutral, that is, I neither love this type of film nor feel repugnance in watching it. The script takes place, roughly, in the mid-16th century, when Japan was divided into feuds and kingdoms, and there were frequent internecine wars in which the samurai took part. Of course, in such an environment, it is the common people who sacrifice themselves, and the humblest have always been the most susceptible to abuse by the powerful. That's what we have here, with a rural village that is regularly looted and devastated by an armed band until it decides to hire a small group of wandering samurai to help defend it. They achieve this objective, and we are invited to see all the labors that occur in the preparation of the defense, and in the martial training of those peasants. I'm going to do it differently, and start by saying the aspects that seemed most positive to me. First, it seems to me that Kurosawa is really meticulous in the work he has done and has great affection and respect for his country's traditions and history. Otherwise, one would not understand the effort and money that were tied up in a film with such a historical and cultural load. To what extent did his taste for realism influence European cinema, or vice versa? I'm sure there are film students who have discussed this. What I can guarantee is the commitment to realism, visible, for example, in the extraordinary design of the sets and costumes, and in the static cinematography, very elegant and sharp. The script is quite solid, and gives us an extraordinarily credible story and very well-built and striking characters. I don't know the actors well, but I think Toshiro Mifune deserves applause for the commitment and work he has done here. He is an actor who naturally captures our attention and has a charisma that comes through effortlessly. On the negative side, however, we also have several aspects to point out, starting with the length of the film, with more than three and a half hours. I'm sorry to say, but I feel that the script didn't justify that much time, and that Kurosawa didn't work the pace well. With a more restricted edition, he would have managed to reduce the film, without much loss, to two hours, and make it less heavy and exhausting. We don't need to see every village debate or every military training shenanigans. I also didn't like the attempts at humor introduced in the film. They just weren't funny at all. The excessive predictability of the story told also turns out to be a defect. I also didn't like the virtual absence of a soundtrack. I've seen that in other films, and I've never been particularly fond of that stylistic device.

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drystyx

@drystyx

2023-04-03

I must begin by saying I am a bit "attention deficit" and that I never thought I would like subtitles, but this film flows through its long length with such adventure that I don't see how anyone can keep from being entranced with every second. And it takes a lot to hold my interest. In case you haven't heard, this "magnificent seven samurai" so to speak, are enlisted one by one to aid a village beset by 40 bandits. What is often lost is that the story is really "Four villagers". Two are village elders (although not as old as the "grandpa" character they look to for advice). One, Manzo, represents the conservative element that in our era might be called "Republican", and the other, Mosuke, represents the liberal or "Democrat" policy. The other two are Yohei, a man full of fear who thinks Manzo's policies will protect him; and Rikiki, the boldest villager who is more in tune with Mosuke. Indeed, Rikiki might qualify as the "eighth samurai" as the film progresses. There are so many wonderful subplots and so muuch excitement even when there is no action, that there's never a dull moment. The samurai also have their ups and downs. Toshiro Mifune is not the leader, but he is the soul. He is much like Rikiki. There is humor throughout that is perfectly timed, and much tragedy. I think it is Kurosawa's masterpiece, and he is one of the most respected directors of all time.

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Zak_Jaggs

@Zak_Jaggs

2024-12-24

Maybe the greatest movie of all-time. This film is an epic accomplishment of long-form storytelling, amazing performances, wonderful camera work and fantastic sets. As is typical of Kurosawa, this movie attacks the theme of greed and is very willing to critically examine the high-status classes, in this case the "honourable" samurai. The characters are likeable for the most and the performance from Toshiro Mifune is absolutely masterful and his character is a brilliantly comic tragic character. The action is very raw with mud and rain and chaos, which I appreciate. The pacing in the middle is ever so slightly slow but it really doesn't detract from this utterly brilliant masterpiece.