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Seven Samurai(1954)
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1954 · FILM
Seven Samurai
A seasoned rōnin assembles a ragtag squad of samurai to defend a vulnerable mountain village from a ruthless bandit clan, risking his own honor and their lives to secure the community’s future.
“Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!”
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Written by
Rated
MPA · NR
Color
Black & White
Runtime
207 min
Language
JA
ActionDrama
Synopsis
A samurai answers a village
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A crew of 108+ credited
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Edited by Akira KurosawaShot by Asakazu NakaiScored by Fumio HayasakaDesigned by Takashi Matsuyama
Box Office
1954 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 53× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$105.0M
Budget$2.0M
Worldwide gross$105.0M
break-even (2.5×)
Re-release box office
- 202421 theaters
- $798K($842K today)
- 20034 theaters
- $131K($235K today)
- 20023 theaters
- $240K($442K today)
- Total re-release
- $1.2M
Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation
Full synopsis
Also known as
- Die sieben Samuraide
- Shichinin no samuraide
- Sieben Samuraide
- Seven Samuraien
- Shichinin no samuraien
- Los siete samuráises
- Les Sept Samouraïsfr
- I sette samuraiit
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Cast & Crew
108 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Toshiro Mifune
as Kikuchiyo
Takashi Shimura
as Kambei Shimada
Keiko Tsushima
as Shino
Yoshio Inaba
as Gorobei Katayama
Yukiko Shimazaki
as Wife
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Kyuzo
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Farmer Manzo
Minoru Chiaki
as Heihachi Hayashida
Daisuke Kato
as Shichiroji
Isao Kimura
as Katsushiro
Yoshio Kosugi
as Farmer Mosuke
Bokuzen Hidari
as Yohei
Supporting cast
89Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Rikichi
Kokuten Kodo
as Gisaku, the Old Man
Eijiro Tono
as Kidnapper
Jun Tatara
as Coolie A
Atsushi Watanabe
as Bun Seller
Toranosuke Ogawa
as Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl
Isao Yamagata
as Samurai
Kichijiro Ueda
as Bandit Scout
Sojin Kamiyama
as Blind Player
Gen Shimizu
as Samurai Who Kicks Farmers
Keiji Sakakida
as Gosaku
Shinpei Takagi
as Bandit Chieftain
Shin Otomo
as Bandit Second-in-Command
Toshio Takahara
as Samurai with Gun
Kan Sugi
as Tea Shop Owner
Hiroshi Hayashi
as Weak Ronin
Sachio Sakai
as Coolie #2
Sokichi Maki
as Strong-Looking Samurai
Ichiro Chiba
as Buddhist Priest
Noriko Sengoku
as Wife of Gono Family
Noriko Honma
as Woman Farmer
Masanobu Okubo
as Samurai
Etsuo Saijo
as Bandit
Minoru Ito
as Samurai
Haruya Sakamoto
as Samurai
Goro Sakurai
as Samurai
Hideo Shibuya
as Bandit
Kiyoshi Kamoda
as Samurai
Senkichi Omura
as Bandit Who Escapes
Takashi Narita
as Bandit Who Escapes
Shoichi Hirose
as Bandit
Koji Uno
as Bandit
Masaaki Tachibana
as Bandit
Kamayuki Tsubono
as Bandit
Taiji Naka
as Bandit
Chindanji Miyagawa
as Bandit
Shigemi Sunagawa
as Bandit
Akira Tani
as Bandit
Akio Kusama
as Bandit
Ryutaro Amami
as Bandit
Jun Mikami
as Bandit
Haruo Nakajima
as Bandit
Sanpei Mine
as Farmer
Masahide Matsushita
as Samurai
Kaneo Ikeda
as Samurai
Takuzo Kumagaya
as Gisaku's Son
Ippei Kawagoe
as Farmer
Jiro Suzukawa
as Farmer
Junpei Natsuki
as Farmer
Kyoichi Kamiyama
as Farmer
Haruo Suzuki
as Farmer
Goro Amano
as Farmer
Akira Kitchoji
as Farmer
Koji Iwamoto
as Farmer
Hiroshi Akitsu
as Husband of Gono Family
Akira Yamada
as Farmer
Kazuo Imai
as Farmer
Eisuke Nakanishi
as Farmer
Toku Ihara
as Farmer
Hideo Otsuka
as Farmer
Shu Oe
as Farmer
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
as Farmer in Front of Gono
Yasumasa Onishi
as Farmer
Tsuneo Katagiri
as Farmer in Front of Gono
Megeru Shimoda
as Farmer
Masayoshi Kawabe
as Farmer
Shigeo Kato
as Farmer
Yoshikazu Kawamata
as Farmer
Takeshi Seki
as Coolie #3
Haruko Toyama
as Gisaku's Daughter-in-Law
Tsuruko Mano
as Woman Farmer in front of Gono
Matsue Ono
as Woman Farmer
Tsurue Ichimanji
as Woman Farmer
Masako Oshiro
as Woman Farmer
Kyoko Ozawa
as Woman Farmer
Michiko Kadono
as Farmer's Wife
Toshiko Nakano
as Farmer's Wife
Shizuko Azuma
as Farmer's Wife
Michiko Kawabe
as Farmer's Wife
Yuko Togawa
as Farmer's Wife
Yayoko Kitano
as Farmer's Wife
Kyoko Mori
as Farmer's Wife
Misao Suyama
as Woman Farmer
Toriko Takahara
as Woman Farmer
Takeshi Kato
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Ken Utsui
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto
as Farmer (uncredited)
Takuzo Kumagai
as Gisaku's Son
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