Seven Samurai
1954 · TMDB 8.5 · 七人の侍
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
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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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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- Runtime
- 207 min
- Released
- 1954-04-26
- Studio
- TOHO
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB score
- 8.5
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