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| Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when their crops are harvested, the thugs will attack, so four men go to town in hopes of employing samurai to fight for them. However, the poor villagers can merely offer payment in the form of shelter and a daily bowl of rice, and initially only Kambei (Takashi Shimura), a brave elder samurai, and his eager young apprentice, Katsushiro (Isao Kimura), take up their cause. Encountering various nomadic warriors on the streets, they slowly put together his team of swordsmen, recruiting Shichiroji (Daisuke Katt), Gorobei (Yoshio Inaba), Heihachi (Minoru Chiaki), and Kyuzo (Seiji Miyaguchi). Finally, Kikuchiyo (Toshirt Mifune), a scruffy wanderer who has been trailing them, completes the small band of ronin. However, upon reaching the village, the samurai learn that the farmers fear them as much the enemy. Despite the tensio... |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Directors: |
Akira Kurosawa |
| Actors: |
Bokuzen Hidari · Daisuke Katt · Isao Kimura · Kamatari Fujiwara · Keiko Tsushima · Minoru Chiaki · Seiji Miyaguchi · Yoshio Inaba · Yoshio Tsuchiya |
| Stars: |
Takashi Shimura · Toshirt Mifune |
| UPC: |
009432001838, 037429068335, 037429121726, 715515019927 |
| Running Time: |
3hr 28min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: 3-Disc Set, DVD: Criterion Collection, VHS, VHS: REMASTERED |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended |
| Release Date: |
1954 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Japanese |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS: REMASTERED
- 3hr 28min
- Movies Unlimited
- Not Rated
, - VHS
- 3hr 17min
- Facets Video
- Not Rated
, - VHS
- 3hr 24min
- Nostalgia Family Video
- Not Rated
, - VHS
- 3hr 28min
- Cable Films
- March 01, 2000
- Not Rated
, - VHS
- 3hr 28min
- Festival Films
- Not Rated
, - VHS
- 3hr 28min
- Hollywood Home Theatre
- Not Rated
, - VHS
- 3hr 28min
- Home Vision
- July 28, 1993
- Not Rated
- 037429068335
, - VHS
- 3hr 28min
- International Historic Films, Inc.
- Not Rated
- 009432001838
, - VHS
- 3hr 28min
- New Line Home Video
- Not Rated
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/26/1988, p.C2, Kevin Thomas): "...Witty and surprisingly reflective....The result is a good little action picture with plenty of smarts and a nonchalant air...", (05/11/2001, p.12E, Mike Clark): "...THE SEVEN SAMURAI is still a movie that matters...", (08/19/2001, p.4, Roger Ebert): "...Akira Kurosawa's THE SEVEN SAMURAI is not only a great film in its own right, but the source of a genre that would flow through the rest of the century...", (09/05/2006, p.E3, Dave Kehr): "[S]till one of the most stirring adventure stories in the movies...", (09/21/2006, 95, Rolling Stone Staff): 4 stars out of 4 -- "[A]n adventure film with a complex emotional core -- that Hollywood has been imitating for years.", (12/01/2003, p.9, Premiere Staff): "...[A] forceful action movie, perhaps most startling because its heroes never lose sight of their honor and humanity..." |
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