Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!
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.
Directed byAkira Kurosawa
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 3h 27m
- Language
- JA
- Released
- April 26, 1954
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- $105,000,000
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Trailers & teasers
![BFI 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RsRN65PlaIM/hqdefault.jpg)
![Official 4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fRUsjrkGs_A/hqdefault.jpg)
![Original Japanese Theatrical Trailer [Subtitled]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7mw6LyyoeGE/hqdefault.jpg)
Featuring
Cast & crew
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
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written by
- Akira KurosawaShinobu Hashimoto
- Produced by
- Sōjirō Motoki
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