Seven Samurai
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Seven Samurai

Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!

1954 • 207 min • Action · Drama

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Critics
4 reviews
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Synopsis

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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Top billed cast

Director: Akira Kurosawa • Crew: Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa

Trailers & clips

Official Clip - Surrounded By Losers

Jim Cummings on SEVEN SAMURAI

BFI 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]

Official 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]

BFI Re-Release Trailer

Original Japanese Theatrical Trailer [Subtitled]

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Critic reviews

fresh

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.…

fresh

I must begin by saying I am a bit "attention deficit" and that I never thought I would like subtitles, but this film flows through its long length with such adventure that I don't see how anyone can keep from being entranced with every second. And it takes a lot to hold my interest. In case you haven't heard, this "magnificent seven samurai" so to speak, are enlisted one by one to aid a village beset by 40 bandits.…

freshTop critics

**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.…

freshTop critics

At 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.

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