Seven Samurai

• 1954
• Japan
• 3h 20min
• PG

• Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
• Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
• Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune
• Language: Japanese

A group of timid villagers seek protection against the excesses of a brutal warlord by hiring seven heroic samurai. Seminal Japanese action picture, with a slow-building dignity matching the best of John Ford, and in its stylishly aesthetic handling of screen violence, a profound influence on everyone from Peckinpah to Eastwood. Highly recommended.

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