

Seven Samurai
"Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!"
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$2.0M
$2,000,000
Revenue
$105.0M
$105,000,000
Languages
Japanese
Studio
TOHO
Key Crew

Akira Kurosawa
Director

Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay

Hideo Oguni
Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay

Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Kikuchiyo

Takashi Shimura
Kambei Shimada

Yoshio Inaba
Gorobei Katayama

Seiji Miyaguchi
Kyuzo

Minoru Chiaki
Heihachi Hayashida

Daisuke Katō
Shichiroji

Isao Kimura
Katsushiro Okamoto

Keiko Tsushima
Shino

Yukiko Shimazaki
Rikichi's Wife

Kamatari Fujiwara
Manzô - Father of Shino

Yoshio Kosugi
Mosuke

Bokuzen Hidari
Yohei

Yoshio Tsuchiya
Rikichi

Kokuten Kōdō
Gisaku, the Old Man

Eijirō Tōno
Kidnapper

Jun Tatara
Coolie A

Atsushi Watanabe
Bun Seller
Toranosuke Ogawa
Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl

Isao Yamagata
Samurai

Kichijirō Ueda
Bandit Scout