Seven Samurai (1956)

By Paul Martinez 11/22/2025
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IMDB rating: 8.6

Duration: 3h 27m(207 min)

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Country: Japan

Languages: Japanese

Filming Locations: Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka, Japan

A veteran samurai who has fallen on hard times answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers six other samurai to help him. They teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and the townspeople supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village. —Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>

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Toshirô Mifune
Takashi Shimura
Keiko Tsushima
Yukiko Shimazaki
Kamatari Fujiwara
Daisuke Katô
Isao Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yoshio Kosugi
Bokuzen Hidari
Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kokuten Kôdô
Eijirô Tôno
Kichijirô Ueda
Jun Tatara
Atsushi Watanabe