Seven Samurai (1954)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $2,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $105,000,000.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 32.344 |
Directed By
Akira Kurosawa
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Shinobu Hashimoto
Hideo Oguni
Akira Kurosawa
Sōjirō Motoki
Yuji Hamada
Fumio Hayasaka
Asakazu Nakai
Akira Kurosawa
Sakae Hirosawa
Hiromichi Horikawa
Yasuyoshi Tajitsu
Yoshirō Muraki
Fumio Yanoguchi
Shigeru Mori
Takao Saitō
Takeharu Shimada
Teruyo Nogami
Kōhei Ezaki
Hiroshi Nezu
Ichirô Minawa
Mitsuo Kaneko
Kôichi Hamamura
Takashi Matsuyama
Mieko Yamaguchi
Midori Nakajô
Junjirō Yamada
Toshi Kaneko
Masaya Shimizu
Kôichi Hamamura
Masanao Uehara
Haruo Nakajima
Masao Fukuda
Hiroshi Nezu
Teruyo Nogami
TOP CAST
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
Yukiko Shimazaki
Rikichi's Wife
Kamatari Fujiwara
Manzô - Father of Shino
Yoshio Kosugi
Mosuke
Bokuzen Hidari
Yohei
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Rikichi
Kokuten Kōdō
Gisaku, the Old Man
Eijirō Tōno
Kidnapper
Jun Tatara
Coolie A
Atsushi Watanabe
Bun Seller
Toranosuke Ogawa
Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
Isao Yamagata
Samurai
Kichijirō Ueda
Bandit Scout
Sôjin Kamiyama
Blind Player
Gen Shimizu
Samurai Who Kicks Farmers
Keiji Sakakida
Gosaku
Shinpei Takagi
Bandit Chieftain
Shin Ōtomo
Bandit Second-in-Command
Toshio Takahara
Samurai with Gun
Kan Sugi
Tea Shop Owner
Hiroshi Hayashi
Weak Ronin
Sachio Sakai
Coolie #2
Sôkichi Maki
Strong-Looking Samurai
Ichirō Chiba
Buddhist Priest
Noriko Sengoku
Wife of Gono Family
Noriko Honma
Woman Farmer
Masanobu Ôkubo
Samurai
Etsuo Saijo
Bandit
Minoru Itō
Samurai
Haruya Sakamoto
Samurai
Gorô Sakurai
Samurai
Hideo Shibuya
Bandit
Kiyoshi Kamoda
Samurai
Senkichi Ōmura
Bandit Who Escapes
Takashi Narita
Bandit Who Escapes
Shōichi Hirose
Bandit
Kôji Uno
Bandit
Masaaki Tachibana
Bandit
Kamayuki Tsubono
Bandit
Taiji Naka
Bandit
Chindanji Miyagawa
Bandit
Shigemi Sunagawa
Bandit
Akira Tani
Bandit
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