
About the film

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Seven Samurai
Release Date: April 26, 1954
Year | : | 1954 |
Slogan | : | «The Mighty Warriors Who Became the Seven National Heroes of a Small Town» |
Genres | : | Action, Drama |
Production Companies | : | TOHO |
Director | : | Akira Kurosawa |
Producers | : | Sōjirō Motoki, Teruyo Nogami, Hiroshi Nezu, Kōhei Ezaki, Yuji Hamada |
Writers | : | Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni |
RunTime | : | 207 mins. |
Budget | : | 2000000 |
Revenue | : | 346300 |
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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Trailer: New trailer for Kurosawa's Seven Samurai - back in cinemas 29 October 2021 | BFI
Trailer: Seven Samurai (1954) Original Japanese Theatrical Trailer
Featurette: On the Violence of Seven Samurai
Featurette: Three Reasons: Seven Samurai
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