Seven Samurai

1954 207 min Action, Drama

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.

IMDb 8.6 RT 100 Metacritic 98

budget $2,000,000 earnings $105,000,000 return 52.5x

director Akira Kurosawa

writers Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa

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