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Seven Samurai

Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!

8.5/ 1019543h 27mNR

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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.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Kikuchiyo

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Kambei Shimada

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Gorobei Katayama

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Kyuzo

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

Heihachi Hayashida

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Shichiroji

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Katsushiro Okamoto

Keiko Tsushima

Keiko Tsushima

Shino