Seven Samurai

1954

3h 27m

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8.5/10

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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.

Directors

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Shinobu Hashimoto(screenplay by)

Hideo Oguni(screenplay by)

Akira Kurosawa(screenplay by)

Stars

Toshirō Mifune

Takashi Shimura

Yoshio Inaba

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Top cast

Kikuchiyo

Kambei Shimada

Gorobei Katayama

Kyuzo

Heihachi Hayashida

Shichiroji

Katsushiro Okamoto

Shino

Rikichi's Wife

Manzô - Father of Shino

Mosuke

Yohei

Rikichi

Gisaku, the Old Man

Kidnapper

Coolie A

Bun Seller

Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl

Directors

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Shinobu Hashimoto(screenplay by)

Hideo Oguni(screenplay by)

Akira Kurosawa(screenplay by)

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10/10

Maybe the greatest movie of all-time. This film is an epic accomplishment of long-form storytelling, amazing performances, wonderful camera work and fantastic sets. As is typical of Kurosawa, this movie attacks the theme of greed and is very willing to critically examine the high-status classes, in this case the "honourable" samurai. The characters are likeable for the most and the performance from Toshiro Mifune is absolutely masterful and his character is a brilliantly comic tragic character. The action is very raw with mud and rain and chaos, which I appreciate. The pacing in the middle is ever so slightly slow but it really doesn't detract from this utterly brilliant masterpiece.

Zak_Jaggs19 Dec, 2024