Seven Samurai poster
Screenplay Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto
Director Akira Kurosawa

Seven Samurai

Original Title: 七人の侍

Tagline: The Mighty Warriors Who Became the Seven National Heroes of a Small Town

Release Date: 1954-04-26

Duration: 207 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Tatsuya Nakadai
    Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
  • Toshirō Mifune
    Kikuchiyo
  • Takashi Shimura
    Kambei Shimada
  • Noriko Sengoku
    Wife of Gono Family
  • Yukiko Shimazaki
    Rikichi's Wife
  • Seiji Miyaguchi
    Kyuzo
  • Minoru Chiaki
    Heihachi Hayashida
  • Kichijirō Ueda
    Bandit Scout
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya
    Rikichi
  • Noriko Honma
    Woman Farmer