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1954 • 3h 27min • Not Rated • Action, Drama

Seven Samurai

"Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!"

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.

IMDb 8.6

RT 100%

MC 98

Director

Akira Kurosawa

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Akira Kurosawa

Shinobu Hashimoto

Hideo Oguni

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Toshirō Mifune

Kikuchiyo

Takashi Shimura

Kambei Shimada

Yoshio Inaba

Gorobei Katayama

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kyuzo

Minoru Chiaki

Heihachi Hayashida

Daisuke Katō

Shichiroji

Isao Kimura

Katsushiro Okamoto

Keiko Tsushima

Shino

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