Rent Seven Samurai (1954)
4.2 of 5 from 392 ratings
3h 10min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- In 16th century Japan a poor village is raided every year by a group of bandits until, driven to the brink of starvation, the villagers decide to hire professional warriors to protect them. With only three meager meals a day to offer as payment, their request seems an impossible one. A simple plot, flawlessly executed - 'Seven Samurai' combines comedy, pathos, memorable characters, gripping tension and some of the finest action scenes ever filmed.
- Actors:
- Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kokuten Kôdô, Eijirô Tôno, Kichijirô Ueda, Jun Tatara, Atsushi Watanabe, Toranosuke Ogawa, Isao Yamagata
- Directors:
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producers:
- Sôjirô Motoki
- Writers:
- Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
- Others:
- Takashi Matsuyama, Toshiro Mifune, Kohei Ezaki
- Aka:
- Shichinin no Samurai
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
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- Countries:
- Japan
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/08/2014
- Run Time:
- 207 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Play with or without original intermission
- The Art of Akira Kurosawa
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/11/2024
- Run Time:
- 207 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono, Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin
- Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create - Seven Samurai (2002, 49 mins): part of the Toho Masterworks series featuring interviews with Kurosawa, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, writer Shinobu Hashimoto, actors Seiji Miyaguchi and Yoshio Tsuchiya, and others
- Philip Kemp's selected scenes commentary (1999, 20 mins): the film critic and writer analyses key scenes, recorded for the BFI's 1999 DVD release
- The Art of Akira Kurosawa (2013, 49 mins): Asian-cinema expert Tony Rayns on Kurosawa's career and influence
- My Life in Cinema (1993, 116 mins): Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima discuss Kurosawa's life, career and legacy, filmed for the Directors Guild of Japan
- Original theatrical trailer
- Restoration trailer (2024)
- Image gallery
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the main feature
- Disc 2:
- This disc includes special features on Blu-ray only
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Reviews (1) of Seven Samurai
Better even than my expectations - Seven Samurai review by AH
I saw it first a year or two after its release. It is an extraordinary film. It has the power to make you forget that it is fiction. It felt more like a documentary. The acting was brilliant, the narrative compelling and subtle. I watched it without break throughout the 3 hours and 10 minutes of its performance. Are there any more such films from the same source?
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