Seven Samurai (1954)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Yoshio Inaba
Toshiro Mifune
Seiji Miyaguchi
Takashi Shimura
Movie Details
Studio Criterion
Language English
Audience Rating NR
Running Time 3 hr 23 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a villages request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.
A village is constantly attacked by well armed bandits. One day after an attack they seek the wisdom of an elder who tells them they cannot afford weapons, but they can find men with weapons, Samurai, who will fight for them, if they find Samurai who are in down on their luck and wondering where their next meal will come from. They find a very experienced Samurai with a good heart who agrees to recruit their party for them. He selects five genuine Samurai and one who is suspect but the seven return to the village to protect it from the forty plus bandits.
Personal Details
On Location Yes
Index 246
In Collection Yes
Location cd case
Product Details
Format Divx/Xvid on 2 CDs
Chapters 30
Release Date 3/16/1999
Number of Cds 2