Seven Samurai
  • Title: Seven Samurai
  • Original Title: 七人の侍
  • Release Date: 26/04/1954
  • Tagline: Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!
  • Budget: $2,000,000.00
  • Duration:207 Min / 03:27
  • Country:JP
  • Genre:ActionDrama

About Film

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 Rating: 8.5

Total Votes: 3908

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tanty
tanty
10/10
Fantastic movie with a great touch of reality.
out_in_leftfield
out_in_leftfield
10/10
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.
FilipeManuelNeto
FilipeManuelNeto
6/10
**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...
drystyx
drystyx
10/10
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"...
Zak_Jaggs
Zak_Jaggs
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...