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Seven Samurai (1954)
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Seven Samurai (1954)

七人の侍

Action, Drama • 3h 20m

Overview

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.

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katō, Isao Kimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kokuten Kōdō, Eijirō Tōno, Jun Tatara, Atsushi Watanabe, Toranosuke Ogawa, Isao Yamagata, Kichijirō Ueda, Sôjin Kamiyama, Gen Shimizu, Keiji Sakakida, Shinpei Takagi, Shin Ōtomo, Toshio Takahara, Kan Sugi, Hiroshi Hayashi, Sachio Sakai, Sôkichi Maki, Ichirō Chiba, Noriko Sengoku, Noriko Honma, Masanobu Ōkubo, Etsuo Saijo, Minoru Itō, Haruya Sakamoto, Gorô Sakurai, Hideo Shibuya, Kiyoshi Kamoda, Senkichi Ōmura, Takashi Narita, Shōichi Hirose, Kôji Uno, Masaaki Tachibana, Kamayuki Tsubono, Taiji Naka, Chindanji Miyagawa, Shigemi Sunagawa, Akira Tani, Akio Kusama, Ryûtarô Amami, Jun Mikami, Haruo Nakajima, Sanpei Mine, Masahide Matsushita, Kaneo Ikeda, Takuzô Kumagaya, Ippei Kawagoe, Jirô Suzukawa, Junpei Natsuki, Kyôichi Kamiyama, Haruo Suzuki, Gorô Amano, Akira Kitchôji, Kōji Iwamoto, Hiroshi Akitsu, Akira Yamada, Kazuo Imai, Eisuke Nakanishi, Toku Ihara, Hideo Ôtsuka, Shû Ôe, Yasuhisa Tsutsumi, Yasumasa Ônishi, Tsuneo Katagiri, Megeru Shimoda, Masayoshi Kawabe, Shigeo Katō, Yoshikazu Kawamata, Takeshi Seki, Haruko Toyama, Tsuruko Mano, Matsue Ono, Tsurue Ichimanji, Masako Ōshiro, Kyōko Ozawa, Michiko Kadono, Toshiko Nakano, Shizuko Azuma, Michiko Kawabe, Yûko Togawa, Yayoko Kitano, Kyoko Mori, Misao Suyama, Toriko Takahara, Takeshi Katō, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ken Utsui, Ren Yamamoto, Takuzō Kumagai

Best English-Friendly Release

Best Video Release

No clear winner, Criterion SDR 4K Blu-ray has better defined grain and is cleaned-up more thoroughly. But looks grayer and flatter in daytime scenes. BFI 4K Blu-ray's HDR/DV is better in contrast but the grading can be debatable.

Best Audio Release

Additional Info

The subtitles of Criterion  and BFI are translated differently. See BR forum.

Format

UHD Blu-ray

UHD Tiers

Reference

Criterion & BFI tie

TSPDT

2026: #10
2025: #10
2024: #10
2023: #10
2022: #10

External Links

IMDbThe Movie Database (TMDB)Letterboxd

Criterion Forum

Review

Picture: 3, Audio: 3, Extras: 3

Length

200 mins

Type

Movie

Alternative Titles

The Magnificent Seven

Last Updated

3 months ago

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