Seven Samurai (1954)
Original title: 七人の侍
Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese-language action movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, with a running time of 3h 27m. It stars Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Yoshio Inaba.
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.
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Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Kikuchiyo
- Takashi Shimura as Kambei Shimada
- Yoshio Inaba as Gorobei Katayama
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Kyuzo
- Minoru Chiaki as Heihachi Hayashida
- Daisuke Katō as Shichiroji
- Isao Kimura as Katsushiro Okamoto
- Keiko Tsushima as Shino
- Yukiko Shimazaki as Rikichi's Wife
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Manzô - Father of Shino
- Yoshio Kosugi as Mosuke
- Bokuzen Hidari as Yohei
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