Seven Samurai (1954)
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.
Release date: 1954-04-26
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Orginal language: 日本語
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Screenwriters: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Trailers and Teasers
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
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Rikichi
Kokuten Kōdō
as Gisaku, the Old Man
Eijirō Tōno
as Kidnapper
Jun Tatara
as Coolie A
Atsushi Watanabe
as Bun Seller
Toranosuke Ogawa
as Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
Isao Yamagata
as Samurai
Kichijirō Ueda
as Bandit Scout
Sôjin Kamiyama
as Blind Player
Gen Shimizu
as Samurai Who Kicks Farmers
Keiji Sakakida
as Gosaku
Shinpei Takagi
as Bandit Chieftain
Shin Ōtomo
as Bandit Second-in-Command
Toshio Takahara
as Samurai with Gun
Hiroshi Hayashi
as Weak Ronin
Sachio Sakai
as Coolie #2
Noriko Sengoku
as Wife of Gono Family
Noriko Honma
as Woman Farmer
Masanobu Ōkubo
as Samurai
Hideo Shibuya
as Bandit
Senkichi Ōmura
as Bandit Who Escapes
Shōichi Hirose
as Bandit
Akio Kusama
as Bandit
Haruo Nakajima
as Bandit
Haruo Suzuki
as Farmer
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
as Farmer in Front of Gono
Shigeo Katō
as Farmer
Takeshi Katō
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Ken Utsui
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto
as Farmer (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
as Gisaku's Son
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Kan Sugi - Tea Shop Owner, Sôkichi Maki - Strong-Looking Samurai, Ichirō Chiba - Buddhist Priest, Etsuo Saijo - Bandit, Minoru Itō - Samurai, Haruya Sakamoto - Samurai, Gorô Sakurai - Samurai, Kiyoshi Kamoda - Samurai, Takashi Narita - Bandit Who Escapes, Kôji Uno - Bandit, Masaaki Tachibana - Bandit, Kamayuki Tsubono - Bandit, Taiji Naka - Bandit, Chindanji Miyagawa - Bandit, Shigemi Sunagawa - Bandit, Akira Tani - Bandit, Ryûtarô Amami - Bandit, Jun Mikami - Bandit, Sanpei Mine - Farmer, Masahide Matsushita - Samurai, Kaneo Ikeda - Samurai, Takuzô Kumagaya - Gisaku's Son, Ippei Kawagoe - Farmer, Jirô Suzukawa - Farmer, Junpei Natsuki - Farmer, Kyôichi Kamiyama - Farmer, Gorô Amano - Farmer, Akira Kitchôji - Farmer, Kōji Iwamoto - Farmer, Hiroshi Akitsu - Husband of Gono Family, Akira Yamada - Farmer, Kazuo Imai - Farmer, Eisuke Nakanishi - Farmer, Toku Ihara - Farmer, Hideo Ôtsuka - Farmer, Shû Ôe - Farmer, Yasumasa Ônishi - Farmer, Tsuneo Katagiri - Farmer in Front of Gono, Megeru Shimoda - Farmer, Masayoshi Kawabe - Farmer, Yoshikazu Kawamata - Farmer, Takeshi Seki - Coolie #3, Haruko Toyama - Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law, Tsuruko Mano - Woman Farmer in front of Gono, Matsue Ono - Woman Farmer, Tsurue Ichimanji - Woman Farmer, Masako Ōshiro - Woman Farmer, Kyōko Ozawa - Woman Farmer, Michiko Kadono - Farmer's Wife, Toshiko Nakano - Farmer's Wife, Shizuko Azuma - Farmer's Wife, Michiko Kawabe - Farmer's Wife, Yûko Togawa - Farmer's Wife, Yayoko Kitano - Farmer's Wife, Kyoko Mori - Farmer's Wife, Misao Suyama - Woman Farmer, Toriko Takahara - Woman Farmer
Crew - click here to expand
Akira Kurosawa - Screenplay, Shinobu Hashimoto - Screenplay, Hideo Oguni - Screenplay, Akira Kurosawa - Director, Sōjirō Motoki - Producer, Yuji Hamada - Accountant, Yasuyoshi Tajitsu - Assistant Director, Teruyo Nogami - Script Supervisor, Sakae Hirosawa - Assistant Director, Yoshirō Muraki - Assistant Art Director, Asakazu Nakai - Director of Photography, Takeharu Shimada - Production Office Assistant, Fumio Hayasaka - Original Music Composer, Akira Kurosawa - Editor, Shigeru Mori - Lighting Technician, Fumio Yanoguchi - Sound Recordist, Hiromichi Horikawa - Assistant Director, Takao Saitō - First Assistant Camera, Kōhei Ezaki - Researcher, Hiroshi Nezu - Production Supervisor, Ichirô Minawa - Sound Effects Editor, Mitsuo Kaneko - Lighting Technician, Kôichi Hamamura - Set Decoration, Midori Nakajô - Hairstylist, Takashi Matsuyama - Art Direction, Kôichi Hamamura - Property Master, Haruo Nakajima - Stunts, Mieko Yamaguchi - Costume Design, Junjirō Yamada - Makeup Artist, Hiroshi Nezu - Editorial Manager, Teruyo Nogami - Production Assistant, Toshi Kaneko - Assistant Director, Masanao Uehara - Sound Assistant, Masaya Shimizu - Assistant Director, Masao Fukuda - Still Photographer