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About
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.
Theatrical
Nov 19, 1956
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 1, 1997
Box Office
$105.0M
Budget
$2.0M
Return
52.5x
Theaters
3
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
TOHO
Original Title
七人の侍
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
japan
martial arts
samurai
sword
forbidden love
peasant
looting
rice
fencing
village
moral ambiguity
black and white
battle
period drama
bandit
practice
farmer
jidaigeki
16th century
class relations
reflective
collectivism
plunder
downtrodden farmers
seven
bushi
tactical warfare
violence
critical
excited
informative
Cast
Full credits →T
Toshirō Mifune
Kikuchiyo
T
Takashi Shimura
Kambei Shimada
Y
Yoshio Inaba
Gorobei Katayama
S
Seiji Miyaguchi
Kyuzo
M
Minoru Chiaki
Heihachi Hayashida
D
Daisuke Katō
Shichiroji
I
Isao Kimura
Katsushiro Okamoto
K
Keiko Tsushima
Shino
Y
Yukiko Shimazaki
Rikichi's Wife
K
Kamatari Fujiwara
Manzô - Father of Shino
Y
Yoshio Kosugi
Mosuke
B
Bokuzen Hidari
Yohei
Y
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Rikichi
K
Kokuten Kōdō
Gisaku, the Old Man
E
Eijirō Tōno
Kidnapper
J
Jun Tatara
Coolie A
A
Atsushi Watanabe
Bun Seller
T
Toranosuke Ogawa
Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
I
Isao Yamagata
Samurai
K
Kichijirō Ueda
Bandit Scout
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Quotes
See all →Unspoken Emotions Among the Samurai
Kikuchiyo
Something's upsetting the little bugger, but he won't say what. You can see it all over his face.
[about Rikichi]
Heihachi
Those lips of his are bolted up tight as a house.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Misunderstanding Between Kikuchiyo and Yohei
Kikuchiyo
What's that?
Yohei
... It's my horse.
Kikuchiyo
Horse? I thought it was a big mouse.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
