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Seven Samurai
Films · 1956 · Not Rated · 207 min
IMDb8.6
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic98
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.
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writers
- Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
- Cast
- Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima
- Released
- 19 Nov 1956
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 9 nominations total
- Box office
- $820,278