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Seven Samurai

Original title: Shichinin no samurai · Turkish title: Yedi Samuray: Kanlı Pirinç

“Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!”

1954 · 3 h 27 min
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
ActionDrama

Cast

Toshiro Mifune Takashi Shimura Yoshio Inaba

Credits

Written by: Akira Kurosawa

Plot

In sixteenth-century Japan, a village of farmers, terrorised by bandits, hires masterless samurai to defend it, offering only food. The leader, Kambei, assembles six others, including the young Katsushiro and the wild, boastful Kikuchiyo, who is played by Toshiro Mifune. They teach the villagers to fight and prepare for a final battle in the rain. Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film, over three hours long, was an influence on countless action films and was remade as the Western The Magnificent Seven.

Sinekatalog’s take

Kurosawa's epic about hired swordsmen defending a village is long and endlessly rewarding. Its team-building structure, rain-soaked battle and humane characters shaped action cinema for decades.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.6 / 10 (406,847 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (103 critic reviews)
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