Seven Samurai

Runtime: 207' | Release Date: 1954-04-26

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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Credits:

All Actors listed:

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
Kan Sugi as Tea Shop Owner
Hiroshi Hayashi as Weak Ronin
Sachio Sakai as Coolie #2
Sôkichi Maki as Strong-Looking Samurai
Ichirō Chiba as Buddhist Priest
Noriko Sengoku as Wife of Gono Family
Noriko Honma as Woman Farmer
Masanobu Ōkubo as Samurai
Etsuo Saijo as Bandit
Minoru Itō as Samurai
Haruya Sakamoto as Samurai
Gorô Sakurai as Samurai
Hideo Shibuya as Bandit
Kiyoshi Kamoda as Samurai
Senkichi Ōmura as Bandit Who Escapes
Takashi Narita as Bandit Who Escapes
Shōichi Hirose as Bandit
Kôji Uno as Bandit
Masaaki Tachibana as Bandit
Kamayuki Tsubono as Bandit
Taiji Naka as Bandit
Chindanji Miyagawa as Bandit
Shigemi Sunagawa as Bandit
Akira Tani as Bandit
Akio Kusama as Bandit
Ryûtarô Amami as Bandit
Jun Mikami as Bandit
Haruo Nakajima as Bandit
Sanpei Mine as Farmer
Masahide Matsushita as Samurai
Kaneo Ikeda as Samurai
Takuzô Kumagaya as Gisaku's Son
Ippei Kawagoe as Farmer
Jirô Suzukawa as Farmer
Junpei Natsuki as Farmer
Kyôichi Kamiyama as Farmer
Haruo Suzuki as Farmer
Gorô Amano as Farmer
Akira Kitchôji as Farmer
Kōji Iwamoto as Farmer
Hiroshi Akitsu as Husband of Gono Family
Akira Yamada as Farmer
Kazuo Imai as Farmer
Eisuke Nakanishi as Farmer
Toku Ihara as Farmer
Hideo Ôtsuka as Farmer
Shû Ôe as Farmer
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as Farmer in Front of Gono
Yasumasa Ônishi as Farmer
Tsuneo Katagiri as Farmer in Front of Gono
Megeru Shimoda as Farmer
Masayoshi Kawabe as Farmer
Shigeo Katō as Farmer
Yoshikazu Kawamata as Farmer
Takeshi Seki as Coolie #3
Haruko Toyama as Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law
Tsuruko Mano as Woman Farmer in front of Gono
Matsue Ono as Woman Farmer
Tsurue Ichimanji as Woman Farmer
Masako Ōshiro as Woman Farmer
Kyōko Ozawa as Woman Farmer
Michiko Kadono as Farmer's Wife
Toshiko Nakano as Farmer's Wife
Shizuko Azuma as Farmer's Wife
Michiko Kawabe as Farmer's Wife
Yûko Togawa as Farmer's Wife
Yayoko Kitano as Farmer's Wife
Kyoko Mori as Farmer's Wife
Misao Suyama as Woman Farmer
Toriko Takahara as Woman 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