Seven Samurai
1954 ‧ Action/Adventure ‧ 3h 23m
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...
Release date: April 26, 1954 (USA)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Adaptations: The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Magnificent Seven (2016), Samurai 7 (2004), and more
Distributed by: Toho Co., Ltd. and Columbia Pictures
Remake: The Magnificent Seven
Box office: Japan rentals: ¥268.2 million ($2.3 million); USA: $833,533
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Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai action film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni.
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