A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.
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Toshirô Mifune | Kikuchiyo |
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Takashi Shimura | Kambei Shimada |
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Keiko Tsushima | Shino |
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Yukiko Shimazaki | Wife |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | Farmer Manzo |
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Daisuke Katô | Shichiroji |
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Isao Kimura | Katsushiro |
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Minoru Chiaki | Heihachi |
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Seiji Miyaguchi | Kyuzo |
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Yoshio Kosugi | Farmer Mosuke |
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Bokuzen Hidari | Farmer Yohei |
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Yoshio Inaba | Gorobei Katayama |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | Farmer Rikichi |
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Kokuten Kodo | Old Man Gisaku |
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Eijiro Tono | Thief |
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Kichijiro Ueda | Bandit Scout |
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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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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 Otomo | Bandit Second-in-Command |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
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| Writer | Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni | |
| Producer | Sojiro Motoki | |
| Musician | Fumio Hayasaka | |
| Photography | Asakazu Nakai | |
| Edition | Criterion Collection |
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| Packaging | Custom Case |
| Nr Discs | 3 |
| Screen Ratios | Academy Ratio (1.37:1) |
| Audio Tracks | LPCM Stereo [Japanese] Mono [Japanese] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Criterion |
| Edition Release Date | Oct 19, 2010 |
| Regions | Region 1 | Region A |
| Watched | |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Index | 1955 |
| Added Date | Nov 02, 2017 22:01:43 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:31 |
Disc Features
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with the original uncompressed monaural soundtrack and an optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie, and the other Japanese film expert Michael Jeck
Fifty-minute documentary on the making of Seven Samurai, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
My Life in Cinema, a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between directors Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa’s masterpiece
Theatrical trailers and teaser
Gallery of rare posters, behind-the scenes photos, and production stills
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Kenneth Turan, Peter Cowie, Philip Kemp, Peggy Chiao, Alain Silver, Stuart Galbraith, Arthur Penn, and Sidney Lumet and an interview with Toshiro Mifune from 1993
New cover by Neil Kellerhouse
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