Seven Samurai

1954 · Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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.

action adventure drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Seiji Miyaguchi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō, Yukiko Shimazaki, Yoshio Inaba, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Takeshi Katō, Ken Utsui

Rating: 8.453/10 from 2,849 votes