Seven Samurai (1954)
- Starring:
- Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, (more)
- Director(s):
- Akira Kurosawa
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Synopsis of Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa's epic tale concerns honor and duty during a time when the old traditional order is breaking down. The film opens with master samurai Kambei (Takashi Shimura) posing as a monk to save a kidnapped farmer's child. Impressed by his selflessness and bravery, a group of farmers begs him to defend their terrorized village from bandits. Kambei agrees, although there is no material gain or honor to be had in the endeavor. Soon he attracts a pair of followers: a young samurai named Katsushiro (Isao Kimura), who quickly becomes Kambei's disciple, and boisterous Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune), who poses as a samurai but is later revealed to be the son of a farmer. Kambei assembles four other samurais, including Kyuzo (Seiji Miyaguchi), a master swordsman, to round out the group. Together they consolidate the village's defenses and shape the villagers into a militia, while the bandits loom menacingly nearby. Soon raids and counter-raids build to a final bloody heart-wrenching battle. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 207 mins
Complete Cast of Seven Samurai
- Takashi Shimura - Kambei, leader of samurai
- Yoshio Inaba - Gorobei, wise warrior
- Minoru Chiaki - Heihachi, amiable samurai
- Ko (Isao) Kimura - Katsushiro, young samurai
- Bokuzen Hidari - Yohei
- Noriko Sengoku - Wife from Burned House
- Gen Shimizu - Masterless Samurai
- Sojin Jr. - Minstrel
- Toranosuke Ogawa - Grandfather
- Ichiro Chiba - Priest
- Fumiko Homma - Peasant Woman
- Kichijiro Ueda - Bandit
- Atsushi Watanabe - Vendor
- Toshiro Mifune - Kikuchiyo, would-be samurai
- Seiji Miyaguchi - Kyuzo, swordsman
- Daisuke Kato - Shichiroji, Kambei's friend
- Kuninori Kodo - Gisaku, village elder
- Yoshio Kosugi - Mosuke
- Eijiro Tono - Bandit
- Senkichi Omura - Bandit
- Haruo Nakajima - Bandit
- Isao Yamagata - Samurai
- Keiji Sakakida - Gasaku
- Yoshio Tsuchiya - Rikichi, militant villager
- Kamatari Fujiwara - Manzo, Shino's father
- Director(s):
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer(s):
- Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto
- Producer(s):
- Shojiro Motoki
- Categories:
- Independent Films
- 1954 - Venice International Film Festival - Silver Lion
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