| Seven Samurai - Shichinin no samurai (1954)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Toshirô Mifune |
Kikuchiyo
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| Yoshio Inaba |
Gorobei Katayama
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| Toshiro Mifune |
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| Seiji Miyaguchi |
Kyuzo
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| Takashi Shimura |
Kambei Shimada
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| Minoru Chiaki |
Heihachi Hayashida
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| Daisuke Katô |
Shichiroji
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| Isao Kimura |
Katsushiro Okamoto
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| Keiko Tsushima |
Shino
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| Yukiko Shimazaki |
Rikichi's Wife
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| Kamatari Fujiwara |
Manzo, father of Shino
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| Plot |
A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a villages request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.
A village is constantly attacked by well armed bandits. One day after an attack they seek the wisdom of an elder who tells them they cannot afford weapons, but they can find men with weapons, Samurai, who will fight for them, if they find Samurai who are in down on their luck and wondering where their next meal will come from. They find a very experienced Samurai with a good heart who agrees to recruit their party for them. He selects five genuine Samurai and one who is suspect but the seven return to the village to protect it from the forty plus bandits. |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Drama; Foreign |
| Director |
Akira Kurosawa |
| Producer |
Sojiro Motoki |
| Writer |
Akira Kurosawa; Shinobu Hashimoto |
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| Studio |
Criterion |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
Japanese |
| Audience Rating |
PG |
| Running Time |
208 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
4/26/1954 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
530 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
2/23/2004 |
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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Criterion Collection |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.33:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
037429121726 |
| Chapters |
30 |
| Release Date |
3/1/1999 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Animated Menus
Audio Commentary
Theatrical Trailer |
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