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Seven Samurai

Dir. Akira Kurosawa·1954·3h 27m

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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Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai (1954)

Akira Kurosawa

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3h 27m
Cross-source blend ~92/100

At a glance

Countries

Japan

Ratings

TMDB users

8.5/10

4,230 votes

IMDb

8.6/10

Users

Critics

100%Rotten Tomatoes

98Metacritic

Rating consensus

92/100 blend

Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic

Warm reception overall — weighted ~92/100 across 4 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.

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

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