SEVEN SAMURAI (CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Classic, Drama, Foreign, Martial Arts
• Plot: One of the most beloved movie epics of all time, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope.
• Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kokuten Kodo, Jiro Kumagai, Eijirô Tono, Haruko Toyama, Tsuneo Katagiri, Kichijiro Ueda, Jun Tatara, Yasuhisa Tsutsumi, Atsushi Watanabe, Toranosuke Ogawa, Yu Akitsu, Isao Yamagata, Sojin, Gen Shimizu, Keiji Sakakida, Shinpei Takagi, Shin Otomo, Toshio Takahara, Hiroshi Sugi, Miki Hayashi, Sachio Sakai, Akira Tani, Sokichi Maki, Haruo Nakajima, Ichirô Chiba, Noriko Sengoku, Fumiko Honma, Masanobu Ôkubo, Etsuro Nishijo, Etsuryo Saijo, Kyoji Naka, Eisuke Nakanishi, Toshiko Nakano, Junpei Natsuki, Hideo Oe, Yasuo Onishi, Matsue Ono, Masako Oshiro, Hideo Otsuka, Keiko Ozawa, Haruya Sakamoto, Kyoro Sakurai, Takeshi Seki, Megeru Shimoda, Seiji Sunagawa, Misao Suyama, Jiro Suzukawa, Kazuo Suzuki, Toriko Takahara, Yuko Togawa, Kamayuki Tsubono, Tomeko Umayato, Michiko Uwamoto, Akira Yamada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaneyuki Tsubono, Minoru Ito, Hideo Shibuya, Kiyoshi Kamoda, Senkichi Omura, Takashi Narita, Shoichi Hirose, Koji Uno, Hiroshi Agetsu, Ryutaro Amami, Goro Amano, Shizuko Hogashi, Tazue Ichimanji, Toku Ihara, Kaneo Ikeda, Kazuo Imai, Hisaya Itô, Koji Iwamoto, Kyoichi Kamiyama, Shigeo Kato, Masayoshi Kawabe, Michiko Kawabe, Ippei Kawagoe, Yoshikazu Kawamata, Akira Kichijoji, Yayoko Kitano, Fumiyoshi Kumaya, Akio Kusama, Masahide Matsushita, Jun Mikami, Sanpei Mine, Keiko Mori, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto
• Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Runtime: 3:27
• Company: Toho Company, The Criterion Collection, Janus Films
• Media Format: Movie