Seven Samurai (1956)Stream and Watch Online

Looking to watch 'Seven Samurai' in the comfort of your own home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Akira Kurosawa-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Seven Samurai' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Seven Samurai' right now, here are some finer points about the TOHO action flick.

Released November 19th, 1956, 'Seven Samurai' stars Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi The NR movie has a runtime of about 3 hr 27 min, and received a user score of 85 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 3,480 respected users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."

'Seven Samurai' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Vudu, Google Play Movies, Criterion Channel, and YouTube .