Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Screenwriter: Akira Kurosawa/Shinobu Hashimoto/Kokuni Hero
Starring: Toshiro Mifune/Joe Shimura/Keiko Tsushima/Shoko Shimazaki/Fujiwara Kamaichi
Genre: Drama/Action/Adventure
Production country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Release Date: 1954-04-26(Japan)
Running time: 207 min / 160 min (International version) / 150 min (UK original version) / 190 min (UK 1991 re-release) / 141 min (US original version) / 203 min (US re-release)
Synopsis of Seven Samurai
In the Warring States Period of Japan, a small mountain village faced with the threat of mountain thieves, in order to protect the autumn harvest, the village elders decided to ask the samurai to protect the village, but the only reward is three meals of white rice a day. In the city, they were blindfolded and even beaten by the samurai. Until the appearance of Kanbing Wei (Shimura Joe), he has now become a ronin, after several considerations finally agreed. He tells the peasants that at least seven samurai are needed, so six of them, Kuzo (Seiji Miyaguchi), Katsushiro (Kimura Gong), Goro (Inaba Yoshio), Shiro (Katto Daisuke), Hira (Minoru Chiaki), and Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune), join the team, and the seven are tasked with defending the village.
During the whole process of defense preparation, there was a lot of friction and jokes between the samurai and the peasants. And in a sneak attack action, there are warriors to save the farmers were killed by muskets, soon the mountain thieves came back, a vicious battle is about to begin.