7.6
“Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!”
Seven Samurai (1954)
April 26, 19543h 27mJA
8.5
4.2K votes
Overview
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.
Director
Akira KurosawaWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
$2.0M
Revenue
$105.0M
Production Companies
TOHO
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User Reviews
Andres Gomez
10.0Fantastic movie with a great touch of reality.
Kenneth Blais
10.0At the top of my favorite films ever. Every time I watch it is see something new. Bandits steal peasants rice. Peasants hire ronin samurai to defend them. Great plot, pace and acting. Akira Kurasawa's best...perhaps.
Filipe Manuel Neto
6.0**Maybe a little overrated, but there's no doubt that it's good.** Well, I have to start this text with a note that I believe is relevant to understand what I'm going to write: this was the first Japanese film that I remember seeing. I might even be forgetting something I've seen before, but I don't think so. Therefore, I'm not a good connoisseur of Japanese cinema, so I don't want my opinion to be taken with any authority that I don't crave. I know there are people who want that. I do not. I speak, as in any of my reviews, only through my mouth, from the height of my meager wisdom, without…
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