Seven Samurai (1954)
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.
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni.
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Toshirō Mifune as Kikuchiyo |
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Takashi Shimura as Kambei Shimada |
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Yoshio Inaba as Gorobei Katayama |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Kyuzo |
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Minoru Chiaki as Heihachi Hayashida |
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Daisuke Katō as Shichiroji |
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Isao Kimura as Katsushiro Okamoto |
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Keiko Tsushima as Shino |
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Yukiko Shimazaki as Rikichi's Wife |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Manzô - Father of Shino |
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Yoshio Kosugi as Mosuke |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Yohei |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya as Rikichi |
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Kokuten Kōdō as Gisaku, the Old Man |
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Eijirō Tōno as Kidnapper |
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Jun Tatara as Coolie A |
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Atsushi Watanabe as Bun Seller |
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Toranosuke Ogawa as Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl |
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Isao Yamagata as Samurai |
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Kichijirō Ueda as Bandit Scout |
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Sôjin Kamiyama as Blind Player |
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Gen Shimizu as Samurai Who Kicks Farmers |
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Keiji Sakakida as Gosaku |
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Shinpei Takagi as Bandit Chieftain |
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Shin Ōtomo as Bandit Second-in-Command |
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Toshio Takahara as Samurai with Gun |
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Kan Sugi as Tea Shop Owner |
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Hiroshi Hayashi as Weak Ronin |
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Sachio Sakai as Coolie #2 |
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Sôkichi Maki as Strong-Looking Samurai |
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Ichirō Chiba as Buddhist Priest |
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Noriko Sengoku as Wife of Gono Family |
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Noriko Honma as Woman Farmer |
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Masanobu Ōkubo as Samurai |
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Etsuo Saijo as Bandit |
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Minoru Itō as Samurai |
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Haruya Sakamoto as Samurai |
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Gorô Sakurai as Samurai |
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Hideo Shibuya as Bandit |
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Kiyoshi Kamoda as Samurai |
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Senkichi Ōmura as Bandit Who Escapes |
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Takashi Narita as Bandit Who Escapes |
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Shōichi Hirose as Bandit |
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Kôji Uno as Bandit |
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Masaaki Tachibana as Bandit |
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Kamayuki Tsubono as Bandit |
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Taiji Naka as Bandit |
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Chindanji Miyagawa as Bandit |
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Shigemi Sunagawa as Bandit |
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Akira Tani as Bandit |
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Akio Kusama as Bandit |
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Ryûtarô Amami as Bandit |
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Jun Mikami as Bandit |
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Haruo Nakajima as Bandit |
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Sanpei Mine as Farmer |
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Masahide Matsushita as Samurai |
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Kaneo Ikeda as Samurai |
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Takuzô Kumagaya as Gisaku's Son |
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Ippei Kawagoe as Farmer |
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Jirô Suzukawa as Farmer |
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Junpei Natsuki as Farmer |
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Kyôichi Kamiyama as Farmer |
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Haruo Suzuki as Farmer |
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Gorô Amano as Farmer |
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Akira Kitchôji as Farmer |
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Kōji Iwamoto as Farmer |
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Hiroshi Akitsu as Husband of Gono Family |
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Akira Yamada as Farmer |
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Kazuo Imai as Farmer |
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Eisuke Nakanishi as Farmer |
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Toku Ihara as Farmer |
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Hideo Ôtsuka as Farmer |
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Shû Ôe as Farmer |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as Farmer in Front of Gono |
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Yasumasa Ônishi as Farmer |
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Tsuneo Katagiri as Farmer in Front of Gono |
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Megeru Shimoda as Farmer |
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Masayoshi Kawabe as Farmer |
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Shigeo Katō as Farmer |
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Yoshikazu Kawamata as Farmer |
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Takeshi Seki as Coolie #3 |
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Haruko Toyama as Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law |
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Tsuruko Mano as Woman Farmer in front of Gono |
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Matsue Ono as Woman Farmer |
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Tsurue Ichimanji as Woman Farmer |
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Masako Ōshiro as Woman Farmer |
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Kyōko Ozawa as Woman Farmer |
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Michiko Kadono as Farmer's Wife |
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Toshiko Nakano as Farmer's Wife |
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Shizuko Azuma as Farmer's Wife |
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Michiko Kawabe as Farmer's Wife |
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Yûko Togawa as Farmer's Wife |
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Yayoko Kitano as Farmer's Wife |
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Kyoko Mori as Farmer's Wife |
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Misao Suyama as Woman Farmer |
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Toriko Takahara as Woman Farmer |
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Takeshi Katō as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited) |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited) |
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Ken Utsui as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited) |
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Ren Yamamoto as Farmer (uncredited) |
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Takuzō Kumagai as Gisaku's Son |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hideo Oguni | Screenplay |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Production | Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
| Production | Yuji Hamada | Accountant |
| Directing | Yasuyoshi Tajitsu | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Teruyo Nogami | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Sakae Hirosawa | Assistant Director |
| Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Takeharu Shimada | Production Office Assistant |
| Sound | Fumio Hayasaka | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Lighting | Shigeru Mori | Lighting Technician |
| Crew | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Hiromichi Horikawa | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Takao Saitō | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Kōhei Ezaki | Researcher |
| Production | Hiroshi Nezu | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Kaneko | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Kôichi Hamamura | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Midori Nakajô | Hairstylist |
| Art | Takashi Matsuyama | Art Direction |
| Art | Kôichi Hamamura | Property Master |
| Crew | Haruo Nakajima | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mieko Yamaguchi | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Junjirō Yamada | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Hiroshi Nezu | Editorial Manager |
| Production | Teruyo Nogami | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Toshi Kaneko | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Masanao Uehara | Sound Assistant |
| Directing | Masaya Shimizu | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Masao Fukuda | Still Photographer |
