Seven Samurai
Dir: Akira KurosawaCast: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima
207mins 1954 Japan PG Japanese
Subtitled Seven Samurai
Part of Japanese Masterworks
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.
'The glorious vigour and strength of this film is presented with such theatrical relish and flair: its energy flashes out of the screen like a sword' - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
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