Director
Akira Kurosawa
Composer
Fumio Hayasaka
Cast
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima
Edition 1977
207'
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1954
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Action, Drama
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Dialogue:
Japanese
A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's 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.
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Credits
Directors
Akira Kurosawa
Composers
Fumio Hayasaka
Cast
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima
Scenario
Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Director of Photography
Asakazu Nakai
Editors
Akira Kurosawa
Producers
Sôjirô Motoki
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Dialogue
Japanese
Countries of production
Japan
Year
1954