Movies like Seven Samurai

Key Features:: Samurai, Feudal Japan, Samurai, Heroic sacrifice, Social injustice, Duty, Honor, Team of heroes, Epic, Violence-moderate, Classic cinema
Tone:: serious, dramatic, restrained
Target Audience:: Classic film enthusiasts, Action fans, Japanese cinema aficionados, Fans of historical epics
Emotional Arc:: Desperation → Resolve

Seven Samurai

1954-04-26

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.

Genres

Action, Drama

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katō, Isao Kimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara

Crew

Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa

Rating

★8.451(4032 votes)