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Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

8.5/ 10

TMDB Rating

4,165

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1954

Release Year

207 min

Runtime

Action
Drama

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.

Keywords

martial arts
japan
samurai
sword
peasant
village
looting
rice
fencing
moral ambiguity
forbidden love
black and white
battle
bandit
practice
farmer
jidaigeki
16th century
class relations
collectivism
plunder
downtrodden farmers
bushi
tactical warfare
violence
excited
violent

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Reviews(5)

9.2avg rating
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Andres Gomez

@tanty

October 23, 2013

10
10/10

Fantastic movie with a great touch of reality.

Kenneth Blais

Kenneth Blais

@out_in_leftfield

November 18, 2022

10
10/10

At the top of my favorite films ever. Every time I watch it is see something new. Bandits steal peasants rice. Peasants hire ronin samurai to defend them. Great plot, pace and acting. Akira Kurasawa's best...perhaps.

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

November 25, 2022

6
6/10

**Maybe a little overrated, but there's no doubt that it's good.** Well, I have to start this text with a note that I believe is relevant to understand what I'm going to write: this was the first Japanese film that I remember seeing. I might even be forgetting something I've seen before, but I do

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drystyx

drystyx

April 2, 2023

10
10/10

I must begin by saying I am a bit "attention deficit" and that I never thought I would like subtitles, but this film flows through its long length with such adventure that I don't see how anyone can keep from being entranced with every second. And it takes a lot to hold my interest. In case you ha

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Zak_Jaggs

December 19, 2024

10
10/10

Maybe the greatest movie of all-time. This film is an epic accomplishment of long-form storytelling, amazing performances, wonderful camera work and fantastic sets. As is typical of Kurosawa, this movie attacks the theme of greed and is very willing to critically examine the high-status classes, in

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